RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY COMSUMPTION IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS OF CAMBODIA AND PHNOM PENH

Abstract

Residential electricity consumption and relevant demographic factors in the urban and rural areas of Cambodia and Phnom Penh were estimated by the raw data of the Cambodia Socio-Economic Surveys (CSES) conducted in 2004 and 2009.It was found that the public power supply spreads rapidly and the median household electricity consumption increased 30% in each area between 2004 and 2009 while the median of nominal monthly household income increased 100% in the same period. Positive correlations between household size, income, and electricity consumption were also revealed by the Jonckheere-Terpstra test.