Table 3.
Distribution of cooking fuel use and fuel stacking patterns
| Andean | Coastal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peri-Urban (N=133) | Rural (N=280) | Peri-Urban (N=144) | Rural (N=251) | P-valuea | |
| LPG Primary, N (%) | |||||
| Exclusive | 98 (74%) | 100 (36%) | 94 (66%) | 138 (55%) | < 0.001 |
| Firewood | 26 (20%) | 140 (50%) | 22 (15%) | 104 (41%) | < 0.001 |
| Induction | 5 (4%) | 12 (4%) | 24 (17%) | 4 (2%) | < 0.001 |
| Firewood & Induction | 3 (2%) | 16 (6%) | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 0.004 |
| Firewood Primary,b N (%) | |||||
| Exclusive | 0 (0%) | 6 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0.039 |
| Induction | 0 (0%) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0.589 |
| Induction Primary, N (%) | |||||
| Exclusive | 1 (1%) | 3 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0.377 |
| Daily Cooking Time, N (%) | < 0.001 | ||||
| <1 hour | 5 (4%) | 24 (9%) | 2 (1%) | 6 (2%) | |
| 1-2 hours | 67 (51%) | 146 (53%) | 55 (38%) | 93 (37%) | |
| 2-3 hours | 46 (35%) | 83 (30%) | 73 (51%) | 131 (52%) | |
| >3 hours | 14 (11%) | 25 (9%) | 13 (9%) | 20 (8%) | |
a
For continuous variables P-Value refers to results from a linear model ANOVA and for categorical variables results from a Pearson's Chi-squared test.
b
No households reported to cook primarily with firewood with LPG as a secondary option.