large proportion of households lived in their own dwelling units and majority (68.4%) of the households used wood as fuel for cooking. One the other hand, the proportion of households that used liquefied Petroleum Gas for cooking was 12.3%. Electricity as the main energy source for lighting was found to have reached 56.1% of the households. Around 33% households still use kerosene / oil / gas as the main fuel for lighting. Firewood still remains the main source fuel for cooking purposes. Overall, two out of three households (68.4%) used firewood as their main source of fuel for working. In order of frequency, this is followed by LP Gas (12.3%) cow-dong (10.7%), bio-gas (2.4%) and kerosene (1.4%). NEPAL LABOR FORCE SURVEY, 2008
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