期刊名称：European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2235-767X
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：6
页码：201-223
出版社：European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要：The adoption and continued use of improved biomass stoves in developing countries is of social, economicand environmental concern. Many of rural households use traditional stoves which have low energyefficiency leading to using more wood fuel, increase in indoor air pollution and also putting a lot ofpressure on biomass resources. There have been efforts to promote use of efficient wood fuel technologies; thisprogram has been spearheaded by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Nongovernmental Organizations. Thepurpose of the study was to evaluate the determinants of adoption of improved biomass stoves among ruralhousehold in Rwamagana District. To achieve this, the study was guided by the following objectives; to assess thesocial factors determining the adoption of the improved biomass stoves, assess the level at which the economicstatus of the household influences the adoption of the improved biomass stoves, examine how cultural beliefs andpractices influence the adoption of improved biomass stoves and investigate the level at which sensitization of therural households influence the adoption of improved biomass stoves in Rwamagana District. The study adopted adescriptive research design. The target population comprised 350 households from Rwamagana District. Thesample size of 187 households from Rwamagana was determined using Slovin’s formula. Purposive samplingtechnique was employed to select Rwamagana District as the study site since the improved biomass stovesprogramme was present in the area. To determine the sample size to consider in each Cell, stratified randomsampling technique was used whereby a random sample from each stratum (Cell) was taken in a numberproportional to the stratum size when compared to the target population. The study utilized questionnaires as aninstrument for data collection. Data collected was analyzed through SPSS version 23. Data analysis involvedstatistical computations for averages, percentages, and correlation and regression analysis. Findings of the studywere presented using frequency distribution tables. From the correlation analysis, it was found that social status,economic level, cultural beliefs and sensitization of households had a significant positive influence on the adoptionof improved biomass stoves in Rwamagana District with (0.902, 0.989, 0.852, and 0.941) respectively. From thestudy, it is concluded that there is a positive relationship between social status, economic level, cultural beliefs,sensitization of households and adoption of improved biomass stove. The four determinants had a significantpositive influence on the adoption of improved biomass stoves in Rwamagana District with all the determinantscontributing 98% to adoption. Using linear regression analysis, the significance values for relationship of Socialstatus, Economic status, Cultural beliefs and Sensitization of rural households on adoption were 0.056, 0.000, 0.717and 0.015 respectively. Through the study findings, it is recommended that more strength should be put onEconomic status and sensitization of rural households to have a successful adoption and use of improved biomassstove because these are the factors that highly contributed in Rwamagana.
关键词：Adoption of improved biomass stoves; Social status; Economic status; Cultural beliefs and;practices and Level of sensitization of the rural households
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