The Choice of Healthy Source of Energy for Cooking Among Households in Ghana: Does Financial Inclusion Matter?
| Autor: | Mustapha Immurana, Kwame Godsway Kisseih, Enock Kojo Ayesu, Ayisha Mohammed, Yakubu Mbanba Ziblilla, Toby Joseph Mathew KK, Micheal Kofi Boachie, Babamu Osman Halidu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Environmental Health Insights, Vol 17 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1178-6302 11786302 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/11786302221150352 |
| Popis: | Air pollution resulting from the use of unhealthy/unclean energy sources for cooking causes illnesses such as lung cancer, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and ischaemic heart disease. In Ghana, each year, about 18 000 deaths are recorded due to the use of unhealthy energy sources for cooking. While financial inclusion can influence the adoption of healthy energy sources for cooking, less attention has been paid to it. This study, therefore, investigates the effect of financial inclusion on the choice of healthy source of energy for cooking among households in Ghana. Doing so reveals whether financial inclusion can be employed as a tool to decrease the use of unhealthy sources of energy for cooking in Ghana. We employ the Ghana Living Standards Survey round 7 (GLSS7) as the data source for the study whiles the binary logistic regression is used as the estimation technique. The findings show that, households with financial inclusion (using a single indicator) are more likely to choose healthy sources of energy for cooking relative to those without financial inclusion (OR = 2.52, P |
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