RESEARCH ARTICLE
Domestic energy usage and its' health implications on residents of the Ese-Odo and Okitipupa local government areas of Ondo state, Nigeria
Olorunjuwon David Adetayo,
Samson Ajibola Adeyinka,
Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka,
Olorunjuwon David Adetayo
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
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Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Agbabiaka Hafeez Idowu, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
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Search for more papers by this authorOlorunjuwon David Adetayo,
Samson Ajibola Adeyinka,
Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka,
Olorunjuwon David Adetayo
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria
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Hafeez Idowu Agbabiaka
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
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Agbabiaka Hafeez Idowu, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
Email: wisdomislifee@yahoo.com
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This study examined domestic energy usage and its health implication on residents of Ese-Odo and Okitipupa Local Government Areas (LGA), of Ondo State. Systematic random sampling was used to select 103 and 156 respondents in Ese-Odo and Okitipupa LGA, respectively. It was established that environmental and socio-economic related attributes influenced residents' choice of domestic energy type. Similarly, burns, blindness, stroke, cataract and pulmonary diseases were the most prevalent self-reported ill-health. A relatively weak correlation between domestic energy usage and ill-health is experienced by the residents. Therefore, the study concluded that the use of traditional energy types had significant adverse effects on the health of the residents in Okitipupa and Ese-Odo LGAs of Ondo State.
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