Households used a variety of cooking fuels (Table 5). A different fuel
was often used at the start of cooking or to light the fire. For example,
straw and kerosene were commonly used at the start of cooking,
but not as the main cooking fuel. About one-third of households used
wood, one-third animal dung, and one-third gas, as their main fuels.
It was common for families to alternate between fuels, usually with
wood and dung. Animal dung cakes normally contained a small amount
of wood or plant products to give them structure. The use of gas as a
main fuel was more common in urban than rural settings (60.8% compared
with 15.8%). The opposite was true for wood (27.2% compared
with 41.7%) and dung (9.4% and 36.2%). Stoves were usually simple
open fire designs of mud and clay with no chimney or hood. Cooking
was done mainly indoors in the kitchen, and 786 (94%) households
cooked indoors every day of the year