Table 3 Extended probit model estimates of household clean energy adoption.
From: Determinants of household adoption of clean energy with its rural–urban disparities in Bangladesh
Variables | Clean energy adoption | Wealth Index | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor (coefficient) | Middle (coefficient) | Rich (coefficient) | Coefficient | |
Wealth index | ||||
Poor | − 1.724*** | |||
Middle | − 2.363*** | |||
Rich | − 2.809*** | |||
Age | ||||
15–64 versus. 65 + (ref) | − 0.136* | − 0.118** | − 0.047 | − 0.209*** |
Religion | ||||
Muslim versus Non-Muslim (ref.) | − 0.1 | 0.122* | 0.220*** | |
Household size | ||||
< 4 versus 6 + (ref.) | − 0.182** | 0.104* | 0.347*** | − 0.073*** |
4–5 versus 6 + (ref.) | − 0.153** | − 0.042 | 0.169*** | − 0.071*** |
Household head education | ||||
No education versus Secondary and above (ref.) | − 0.741*** | − 0.706*** | − 0.762*** | − 0. 885*** |
Primary versus. Secondary and above (ref.) | − 0.500*** | − 0.520*** | − 0.509*** | − 0.615*** |
Sex of household head | ||||
Male versus Female (ref.) | − 0.157* | 0.093* | 0.009 | |
Ethnicity | ||||
Bengali versus Others(ref) | 0.761*** | 0.663*** | 0.415*** | 0.992*** |
Dwelling | ||||
Own versus Others(ref) | 0.432** | 0.253** | 0.184** | 0.478*** |
Rent versus Others(ref) | 1.300*** | 1.475*** | 1.630*** | 1.494*** |
Mobile | ||||
Yes versus No(ref) | 0.402*** | 0.435*** | 0.318*** | 0.565*** |
Internet | ||||
Yes versus No(ref) | 0.800*** | 0.641*** | 0.591*** | 0.972*** |
Residence | ||||
Urban versus Rural (ref.) | 0.613*** | 0.609*** | 1.084*** | 0.776*** |
Division | ||||
Barishal versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.681*** | − 0.783*** | − 0.954*** | − 0.815*** |
Chattogram versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.008 | 0.036 | 0.188*** | − 0.047 |
Dhaka versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.006 | 0.068 | 0.421*** | 0.074** |
Khulna versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.384** | − 0.315*** | − 0.516*** | − 0.088*** |
Mymensingh versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.451*** | − 0.495*** | − 0.285*** | − 0.464*** |
Rajshahi versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.302** | − 0.388*** | − 0.383*** | − 0.189*** |
Rangpur versus Sylhet (ref.) | − 0.598*** | − 0.602*** | − 0.459*** | − 0.517*** |
Correlation between wealth index and clean energy adoption | 0.883*** | |||
