Finding Potential Sites for Small-Scale Hydro Power in Uganda: a ...

5 Result5.1 InterviewsThe structured interviews made among the rural population in the study area, showedgenerally a positive attitude against energy projects such as small-scale hydropower. Toemphasize the importance of reaching a target group, which is as correct as possible, wechose not to interview persons living in any kind of population center. A samplepopulation of 65 interviewees was randomly chosen, 33 women and 32 men. Thedistribution of occupation among the interviewees can be seen in Figure 5.1, whichshows that there were a majority of farmers.Figure 5.1 Distribution of occupation of interviewees.One purpose of the interviews was to receiv e an understanding of the living standard inthe area and what sources of energy that are most frequently used. Since no one of thesample population used electricity as energy sourcein their homes or at work, the energysupply was dominated by the use of biofuel and paraffin lanterns (see Figure 5.2).Figure 5.2 Distribution of energy sources in use.Even though no one used electricity, three per cent of the sample population had accessto electricity through the possibility to connect to a nearby grid, but was forced to47