Energy consumption patterns of rural households in Kenya

Abstract

This database was collected in the form of interviews from 250 rural households in Busia and Siaya Counties in Western Kenya during the months of November-December 2019. The aim is to provide insights from the energy consumption patterns of rural households and the post-electrification effects documenting demographic, socioeconomic and fuels consumption variables from two sample groups: households that have access to grid-electricity (124 observations) and households without access to grid-electricity (126 observations) - from the latter, 60 observations did not have access to electricity at all, while 66 had access to a solar home system. Acronyms found in database: SHS - Solar home systems LPG - Liquified Petroleum Gas KSh - Kenyan Shillings, national currency W - Watts kWh - Kilowatts hour