HIGHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ... - Mbarara District

2.2.2 Household Amenities
Table 2.11: Source of cooking fuel
Male Head Female Head Total
Fuel for
Cooking
Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total
Electricity 794 236 1,030 99 31 130 893 267 1,160
Gas 71 31 102 17 14 31 88 45 133
Paraffin 648 457 1,105 179 115 294 827 572 1,399
Charcoal 8,299 2,428 10,727 2,828 800 3,628 11,127 3,228 14,355
Firewood
Cow dung or
3,029 41,996 45,025 1,254 11,967 13,221 4,283 53,963 58,246
grass (reeds) 9 109 118 1 29 30 10 138 148
Biogas 2 2 4 1 1 2 3 3 6
Other 486 133 619 32 8 40 518 141 659
Source: Source: 2002 Census
Table 2.12: Source of Lighting Fuel
Fuel for
Lighting
Electricity
Gas
Paraffin
(Lantern)
Paraffin
(Tadooba)
Candle wax
Firewood
Cowdung or
grass (reeds)
Other
Male Head Female Head Total
Urban Rural Total
6,989
22
3,185
1,391
72
2,728 36,050
387
12
3
12
8,380
94
7,005 10,190
228
592
20
34
38,778
615
604
23
46
22
Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total
2,142 352
4 28
1,125 1,889
1,028 10,452
105 48
2 180
1 7
4 9
16.7 % of the population can access electricity.1.2% use firewood for lighting.
Table 2.13: Bathroom
Type of bathroom
Inside 2,537
Outside built 9,654
Outside makeshift 3,592
None 1,966
76.9 % is the bathroom coverage
2,494 9,131
32 26
3,014 4,310
1,743 10,874
100 126
8,894
11,480 3,756 46,502
153 492
182 14
8 4
13 16
Urban
Households %ge Rural Households %ge Total
59 1,742
39 15,227
12 25,789
11 15,599
41 4,279
61
88
89
13,204
50,258
276 768
772 786
27 31
43 59
24,881
29,381
17,565