Elizabeth Nsenkyire, Jacob Nunoo, Joshua Sebu, Richard Kwabena Nkrumah, Princella Amankwanor
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Abstract
In most African societies with domestic activities having a feminine face, failure of households to access and utilize modern energy services could derail the socioeconomic efforts of contemporary women and affect their general well-being. Despite this, empirical studies that explore the avenues through which multidimensional energy poverty impacts women’s well-being remain understudied, especially in sub-Saharan African countries where domestic activities are traditionally regarded as women’s role. This study, therefore, used data from the recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 6) for three West African countries to assess the impact of multidimensional energy poverty on women’s subjective well-being and cognitive health. Results from structural equation modeling (SEM) and seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models as well as other robustness checks revealed significant adverse effects of multidimensional energy poverty on women’s subjective well-being and cognitive health. Further, we find that multidimensional energy poverty influences women’s cognitive health through adverse impacts on women’s subjective well-being. The revelations made in this study enforce the need to accelerate access to modern energy services to promote the efficiency of household domestic activities and, most importantly, improve the quality of life and the general well-being of women.
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The aim of this journal is to publish conceptual, methodological and empirical papers dealing with quality-of-life studies in the applied areas of the natural and social sciences. As the official journal of the ISQOLS, it is designed to attract papers that have direct implications for, or impact on practical applications of research on the quality-of-life. We welcome papers crafted from interdisciplinary, inter-professional and international perspectives. This research should guide decision making in a variety of professions, industries, nonprofit, and government sectors, including healthcare, travel and tourism, marketing, corporate management, community planning, social work, public administration, and human resource management. The goal is to help decision makers apply performance measures and outcome assessment techniques based on concepts such as well-being, human satisfaction, human development, happiness, wellness and quality-of-life. The Editorial Review Board is divided into specific sections indicating the broad scope of practice covered by the journal. The section editors are distinguished scholars from many countries across the globe.