Energy Consumption of Thai Elderly Households

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This paper aims to indicate the household energy consumption expenditure and the inequality of household energy consumption expenditure among households, especially Thai elderly household. Secondary data from the “Household Socio-Economic Survey” in 2006 and 2011 compiled by the National Statistical Office were employed. Descriptive statistics, gini co-efficient and the energy gap were applied to this paper. Households were categorized into four groups, which were (1) ageing household, (2) household with ageing, (3) household without ageing and (4) total households. Sources of energy that household consumed also grouped in two groups, which were domestic and transportation consumptions. Results showed that ageing household relatively had quite low on percentage proportion on energy consumption expenditure to their total household consumption expenditure compared to other types of households. Moreover, results also indicated that there was a difference among themselves on Thai elderly household in terms of energy consumption expenditure.