From: Measuring the impact of household energy consumption on respiratory diseases in India
 | Sources of energy for cooking | |||||||
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Variable | LPG/Electricity | Firewood | Crop residue | Cow dung | Coal/Lignite | Kerosene | No Cooking | Others |
Standard of Livinga | ||||||||
 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 |
 Othersb | 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 |