An evaluation of grid-based rural electrification adoption dynamics in Meru-South sub-county

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dc.contributor.authorMbaka, C.K.
dc.contributor.authorMuiruri, P.
dc.contributor.authorObiero, K.
dc.contributor.authorKisaka, M.O.
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-21T08:35:33Z
dc.date.available2016-07-21T08:35:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractElectricity services are crucial for human well-being and to a country’s socio-economic development. Despite its importance, low levels of electricity adoption continue to prevail in most rural areas in SSA. Low socio-economic development has been attributed among others factors to lack of modern energy sources especially electricity among rural households, which has been identified as a major setback in propelling empowerment and development at household and community level. There is minimal or no research conducted to understand the socio-economic dynamics of electricity adoption among households in Meru-South Sub-County. Household interviews were conducted from 150 randomly selected households using closed and opened ended questionnaires. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and regression. Result revealed that the largest proportion of the respondents were non-adopters. Possible predictor factors that significantly influenced adoption were distance from the transformer, education level, gender, household size, and income. Results further indicated that accessibility (proximity of the transformer) and cost of connection were perceived as the utmost prior challenges to electricity adoption by households. It was recommended that rural electrification project should be in considerate of household level characteristics in process of planning for electricity dissemination in rural areas to ensure heterogeneity in electricity adoptionen_US
dc.identifier.citationInt. J. Energy Stat. 04, 1650010 (2016) [27 pages] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S2335680416500101en_US
dc.identifier.issn2335-6804
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/14847
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWorld Scientific Publishingen_US
dc.subjectAdoptionen_US
dc.subjectElectricityen_US
dc.subjectGriden_US
dc.titleAn evaluation of grid-based rural electrification adoption dynamics in Meru-South sub-countyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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