TY - JOUR
T1 - Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China
AU - Carter, Ellison
AU - Yan, Li
AU - Fu, Yu
AU - Robinson, Brian
AU - Kelly, Frank
AU - Elliott, Paul
AU - Wu, Yangfeng
AU - Zhao, Liancheng
AU - Ezzati, Majid
AU - Yang, Xudong
AU - Chan, Queenie
AU - Baumgartner, Jill
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Household solid-fuel (biomass, coal) burning contributes to climate change and is a leading health risk factor. How and why households stop using solid-fuel stoves after adopting clean fuels has not been studied. We assessed trends in the uptake, use and suspension of household stoves and fuels in a multiprovincial cohort study of 753 Chinese adults and evaluated determinants of clean-fuel uptake and solid-fuel suspension. Over one-third (35%) and one-fifth (17%) of participants suspended use of solid fuel for cooking and heating, respectively, during the past 20 years. Determinants of solid-fuel suspension (younger age, widowed) and of earlier suspension (younger age, higher education and poor self-reported health status) differed from the determinants of clean-fuel uptake (younger age, higher income, smaller households and retired) and of earlier adoption (higher income). Clean-fuel adoption and solid-fuel suspension warrant joint consideration as indicators of household energy transition. Household energy research and planning efforts that more closely examine solid-fuel suspension may accelerate household energy transitions that benefit climate and human health.
AB - Household solid-fuel (biomass, coal) burning contributes to climate change and is a leading health risk factor. How and why households stop using solid-fuel stoves after adopting clean fuels has not been studied. We assessed trends in the uptake, use and suspension of household stoves and fuels in a multiprovincial cohort study of 753 Chinese adults and evaluated determinants of clean-fuel uptake and solid-fuel suspension. Over one-third (35%) and one-fifth (17%) of participants suspended use of solid fuel for cooking and heating, respectively, during the past 20 years. Determinants of solid-fuel suspension (younger age, widowed) and of earlier suspension (younger age, higher education and poor self-reported health status) differed from the determinants of clean-fuel uptake (younger age, higher income, smaller households and retired) and of earlier adoption (higher income). Clean-fuel adoption and solid-fuel suspension warrant joint consideration as indicators of household energy transition. Household energy research and planning efforts that more closely examine solid-fuel suspension may accelerate household energy transitions that benefit climate and human health.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41893-019-0432-x
DO - 10.1038/s41893-019-0432-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075456945
SN - 2398-9629
VL - 3
SP - 42
EP - 50
JO - Nature Sustainability
JF - Nature Sustainability
IS - 1
ER -
