Does Environment and Health Awareness Matter for Household Fuel Choice? Empirical Evidence from Central Asia

Household consumption of coal and other dirty fuels for heating and cooking greatly contributes to air pollution both outdoors and indoors. We contribute to the literature on the determinants of household heating choice (dirty versus modern energy source). Energy transition in countries where a large proportion of the population is energy-poor  could be challenging. To investigate the energy choice of the energy-poor population we conducted a survey with 1,522 households from three countries in Central Asia: eastern Uzbekistan, the…