Sociology 699J: Surveys in Developing Countries

Air Pollution and Fuel Use

Why study air pollution?

• Air pollution (esp. indoors) linkage to health outcomes
• Fuel use linkage to indoor air pollution
• Variations in fuel use
• Air pollution is a gendered outcome
• Class and caste with fuel types
• Community level sources and public goods
• Fuel use linkage to deforestation

Measures: household level

• Examples in surveys
• HDPI-1
• LSMS: housing module
• UP-Bihar LSMS
• LSMS: environment module
• Philippines survey of energy use
• Measures of fuel use
• Modern fuels vs. biomass
• Multiple fuel uses within one hh
• Variation by season
• Variation by purpose: cooking, tea, heating, lighting
• Stove types
• Household configuration
• Indoors vs. outdoors
• Separation of kitchen within house
• Ventilation in kitchen
• Direct measures of pollution levels
• Perceptions of health consequences

Village level measures of fuel supply

• Forest cover
• Availability and cost of LGP
• Availability and cost of kerosene
• Availability and cost of electricity
• Forest management programs

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