Measuring the impact of household energy consumption on respiratory diseases in India

Table 2 Percent distribution of the source of energy for cooking among different socioeconomic groups

	Sources of energy for cooking
Variable	LPG/Electricity	Firewood	Crop residue	Cow dung	Coal/Lignite	Kerosene	No Cooking	Others
Standard of Living^a
High	83.93	11.28	1.69	2.59	0.19	0.24	0.04	0.04
Middle	54.87	36.52	2.74	3.10	0.79	1.74	0.17	0.07
Low	10.19	79.44	4.21	2.74	1.21	1.68	0.35	0.17
Religious groups
Hindus	47.97	43.97	3.17	2.49	0.78	1.31	0.22	0.10
Muslims	48.29	38.78	5.57	2.75	1.73	2.34	0.23	0.32
Christians	35.76	62.30	0.27	0.14	0.42	1.01	0.08	0.02
Sikhs	46.27	33.53	4.83	13.85	0.54	0.65	0.28	0.04
Others^b	36.36	61.41	0.49	0.29	0.40	0.92	0.10	0.03
Caste
Gen	59.22	30.64	3.72	3.72	1.04	1.23	0.23	0.20
SC	36.35	50.86	4.65	5.24	0.93	1.62	0.24	0.11
ST	28.57	67.96	1.14	0.85	0.47	0.87	0.09	0.04
OBC	52.96	40.82	2.30	1.83	0.52	1.28	0.23	0.06
Locality
Urban	76.09	18.69	0.86	0.78	1.03	2.21	0.27	0.06
Rural	26.89	63.00	4.37	4.11	0.62	0.72	0.16	0.12

^aStandard of Living (SLI) was calculated as per the method provided in the DLHS-II. There were 24 household amenities included in the construction of SLI. Few of the amenities, for example, were ownership of refrigerator, car, fan, telephone, washing machine, TV, tractor, and water pump, etc.
^b Others includes Jains, Buddhists, Jewish, Zorastrians, Atheists, etc

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