期刊
AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST
卷 66, 期 7, 页码 856-880出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/00027642211013401
关键词
energy insecurity; energy policy; housing; poverty; social policy
资金
- JPB Foundation [1234]
- JPB Environmental Health Fellowship
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development research infrastructure grant [P2C HD042828]
This study is the first to estimate household characteristics and coping behaviors associated with utility disconnections in the United States. Findings show that nearly 15% of U.S. households received a disconnection notice and more than 3% experienced a service disconnection in 2015. The research further demonstrates that more households resorted to forgoing basic necessities than maintaining an unhealthy temperature or receiving energy assistance.
This is the first known study to estimate household characteristics and coping behaviors associated with utility disconnections in the United States. We capitalize on a measure of disconnections available in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey that is administered by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Using the 2015 panel, we analyzed the prevalence of disconnection notices, disconnection of services, and related coping strategies, including: forgoing basic necessities, maintaining an unhealthy home temperature, and receiving energy assistance. Findings indicate that nearly 15% of U.S. households received a disconnection notice and 3%-more than three million households-experienced a service disconnection in 2015. Our results further demonstrate that more households resorted to forgoing basic necessities than maintaining an unhealthy temperature or receiving energy assistance, though many families used a combination of strategies to prevent or respond to the threat or experience of being disconnected. We discuss implications for future research on material hardships, survival strategies, and the health impacts of poverty.
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