Factors associated with the choice of cooking fuel among households in Uganda

Abstract

The majority of households in Uganda rely on traditional cooking fuels the use of which is associated with many dangers. This study sought to identify the factors related to the choice of cooking fuel among households in Uganda. The study used secondary data from the 2018–19 Uganda Malaria Indicator Survey (UMIS). The analysis was performed using Pearson’s chi-square test and the complementary log-log regression model. Most respondents used unclean cooking fuels (98.96%). The use of clean cooking fuels was more likely among households in the richest wealth index category, those from the Pentecostal/born-again/evangelical or other religions, and households that had electricity. An increase in household members was found to reduce the likelihood of using clean cooking fuels. There is a need for the government to reduce the initial connection fees to the power grid and the tariff per unit of electricity consumed by households in Uganda.