Demographics

This are the baseline demographics of the entire group. There are 1499 respondents, with the following distributions. This will be used to contrast with the Chulha users.

##           
##               8  Gen   NT  OBC   SC   ST  Sum
##   Buddhist    0    0    0    0    0    1    1
##   Hindu       0   13   57  737    2  192 1001
##   Muslim      1  118    0    1    1    0  121
##   Other       0    0    0    0  367    1  368
##   Sikh        0    5    0    1    1    1    8
##   Sum         1  136   57  739  371  195 1499

Health Effects

These are the baseine health effects for the entire group. Here, Cataract and Arthritis are the major health issues, with Nausea being the third most prevalant and minor effect.

Cooking types

The respondents overwhelmingly use both the Chulha and LPG, as we can see that almost all the respondents (<1400) have/use LPG.

Chulha users vs Non-Chulha(LPG only) users

Here we split the dataset into Chulha and non-chulha users, to see how the two population are distinct.

The Chulha user population demographics look like the tabe below.

##         
##            8 Gen  NT OBC  SC  ST Sum
##   Hindu    0   4  39 309   1  74 427
##   Muslim   1  48   0   1   1   0  51
##   Other    0   0   0   0 168   1 169
##   Sikh     0   0   0   1   0   0   1
##   Sum      1  52  39 311 170  75 648

The family size distributions are nearly identical.

The income distributions are also very similar, suggesting that chulha users and non-users will have similar budget constraints.

Health effects

Here we see a difference - Chulha users report far more Nausea and eye irritation.

Do Chulha users use LPG?

As we can see, Almost all the chulha users do in fact have LPG connections, at the very least. This begs the followig question:

Why use Chulha if you have LPG?

One explanation is the preference this group has for the taste imparted by the Chulha - suggesting cultural reasons.

Years of LPG - Chulha vs Non-Chulha

Number of cylinders - Chulha vs Non-Chulha

LPG ffordability - Chulha vs Non-Chulha

LPG under PMUY - Chulha vs Non-chulha

If not, why not? Chulha vs Non-chulha

Is Chulha used for Water heating?

Firewood Sources