Biomass to liquefied petroleum gas cooking energy: A solution to indoor pollution ailments in Temeke Municipality, Dar-Es-Salaam

Abstract

In 2010 World Health Organization estimated that three people per minute die prematurely in Sub-Saharan Africa fromdiseases attributable to Indoor Air Pollution (IAP). About 95% of Tanzanians still use biomass cooking fuels (BCF) whichis the main source of IAP. Promotion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was done since mid-2000s to substitute BCF.However, the use of LPG accounts for only 7.2% of Tanzanians to date. Therefore this paper examined factorsinfluencing use of LPG in Temeke municipality - Dar-es-Salaam. Data were collected from 160 respondents usingquestionnaires and analysed by using Probit regression model. Results revealed that education level of a householdhead, household income and time saved for cooking had significant effect on use of LPG at a probability level of P