Abstract

• Choosing an appropriate types of cooking fuel is essential for safeguarding good health and enhancing the well-being of people in developing countries. In Myanmar, the majority of rural and urban households rely on solid fuels for cooking, and there are adverse effects of such solid fuels on human health and environmental sustainability. This study investigates the determinants of household cooking fuel choice using the data from the Myanmar Inter-Censal Survey MICS (2019). The principal component analysis, Pearson chi-square association test, and a binary logistic regression model are applied. It is found that 65% of households use unclean cooking fuels, but 35% of households use clean cooking fuels. According to the results of the chi-square test of association, age, gender, marital status, education, and occupation of household head, household size, wealth quintiles, location based on urban and rural, and location based on states and regions are related to household cooking fuel choice. Regarding the results of the binary logistic regression model, female headed households, married, widowed and divorced household heads, employed household heads, household heads with higher education, and rich households have a greater chance of using clean fuels. However, younger household heads, larger families and those residing in rural areas have less chance to use clean fuels.