CARICOM CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CCDP)

National Census Report 2001, St. Vincent and the Grenadinescooking, (Table 6.9). More than 80 per cent of all households in all administrative divisions usedgas as their main source of fuel for cooking.The majority of the households that did not use gas for cooking, used coal or wood as analternative. In 2001, 1 192 households or 3.91 per cent of households used coal, while 929 or3.04 per cent households used wood. These figures represent a decrease compared to 1991. Thedecline in the use of coal or wood was consistent with the increase in the usage of gas forcooking.The households in Barrouallie, Layou and Sandy Bay were more likely than those in the otheradministrative divisions to have used coal for cooking while Georgetown, Colonaire andMarriaqua were most likely to have wood.Kerosene and Electricity were the least used source for cooking with less than 1 per cent ofhouseholds using kerosene as well as electricity. However, in North Grenadines, 9.88 per cent ofthe households used electricity for cooking.85