Objective and subjective measures of fuel poverty

Waddams Price, Catherine, Brazier, Karl and Wang, Wenjia (2012) Objective and subjective measures of fuel poverty. Energy Policy, 49. pp. 33-39. ISSN 0301-4215

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Abstract

As energy prices continue to rise to reflect the real cost of carbon, the numbers of households in fuel poverty is increasing rapidly. This paper uses a unique data set to explore one alternative measure of fuel poverty based on whether consumers feel able to afford their energy, similar to one introduced by the government a few years ago. We explore the links between an expenditure based and our subjective measure of fuel poverty and compare these differences with those between official measures. Amongst low income households, 28% spent more than a tenth of their income on energy in the home, and so would be likely to qualify as fuel poor under the most usual definition; but only 16% felt unable to afford sufficient energy to keep their homes warm. Amongst this group who felt they had difficulty in affording sufficient energy, less than half were ‘expenditure’ fuel poor. The paper argues that reintroduction of a self-reported measure by the government would be a valuable aid to policy development.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fuel poverty,subjective measures,data mining,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/affordable_and_clean_energy
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Data Science and Statistics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Responsible Business Regulation Group Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
Depositing User:	Elle Green
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2012 10:07
Last Modified:	21 Apr 2023 23:46
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/37072
DOI:	10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.095

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