10% of Aklan Households Use Kerosene For Lighting

Of the 116,123 households in Aklan, 104,376 or 89.9 percent used electricity for lighting based on the results of the 2010 Census of Population and Housing. The proportion of households using kerosene for lighting was recorded at 10, 937 or 9.4 percent. 

Meanwhile, wood was recorded as the most commonly used fuel for cooking. It was used most often by 77.6 percent or 90,055 of the total households. This is followed by LPG–13.4 percent, charcoal–7.2 percent, electricity–1.3 percent, and kerosene–0.54 percent.

On the other hand, the main source of water for drinking in the province was community water system as reported by 38.7 percent of the total households. Households having this water source for drinking consisted of those using own faucet–27.0 percent of the total households, and households use shared faucet–11.6 percent of the total households. The rest of the households reported other main sources of water for drinking as follows: shared, tubed/piped deep well–16.0 percent; own-use tubed/piped deep well–11.4 percent; tubed/piped shallow well–9.3 percent; dug well–9.1 percent, protected spring–5.3 percent; bottled water–4.7 percent; unprotected spring–3.5 percent; river, rain and other–0.8 percent, and peddler–0.7 percent.

In cooking and laundry/bathing, community water system was also the main source of water supply with 40.3 percent and 35.4 percent, respectively. 

The 2010 Census of Population and Housing was undertaken by NSO in May 2010 to take inventory of the total population and housing units in the Philippines and collected information about their characteristics as basis for the formulation of policies and programs for the country’s development. /MP