NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

Table CH.10: Solid fuel usePercentage of household members according to type of cooking fuel used by the household, and percentage of household members living in households using solid fuels for cooking, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionElectricityLiquefiedpetroleumgas (LPG)Percent household members in households using:Biogas Kerosene Solid fuels Other No foodWoodcooked inhouseholdStraw,shrubs,grassAnimaldung/briquetteAgriculturalcropresidueTotalSolid fuelsfor cooking[1]Mid-Western 0.0 4.7 2.1 0.2 91.8 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.0 100.0 92.5 17,155Far Western 0.2 1.9 4.2 0.2 92.9 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 100.0 93.3 14,105SubregionAreaMid-Western Mountains 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 99.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.9 2,033Mid-Western Hills 0.0 4.0 0.4 0.3 94.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 95.3 8,559Mid-Western Terai 0.0 7.2 5.1 0.2 85.3 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.0 100.0 86.6 6,564Far Western Mountains 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 99.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.7 2,438Far Western Hills 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 99.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.4 4,339Far Western Terai 0.4 3.5 7.9 0.1 86.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.0 100.0 87.5 7,327Urban 0.2 18.2 6.7 0.3 72.1 0.0 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.1 100.0 73.5 3,376Rural 0.1 1.7 2.6 0.2 94.8 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 100.0 95.2 27,884Education of household headNone 0.1 0.8 1.9 0.1 96.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.0 100.0 96.8 15,094Primary 0.0 3.1 2.9 0.3 92.6 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 0.0 100.0 93.2 7,287Secondary + 0.3 8.3 5.1 0.3 85.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 100.0 85.9 8,782Wealth index quintilePoorest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 6,252Second 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 99.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.8 6,253Middle 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 98.0 0.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 100.0 99.5 6,254Fourth 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.0 98.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 100.0 98.9 6,251Richest 0.4 17.2 14.4 0.2 65.7 0.0 0.2 0.3 1.6 0.0 100.0 66.2 6,250No. ofhouseholdmembersTotal 0.1 3.5 3.1 0.2 92.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 100.0 92.9 31,26097 cases with missing ‘education of household head’ not shown[1] MICS Indicator 3.11