The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status

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Autor(a) principal: Lima, Fátima
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Ferreira, Paula Varandas, Leal, Vítor
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/1822/81204
Resumo: Housing quality is a well-established determinant for health and its relevance has been increasing in the context of sustainable development. Prior research has emphasized the importance of adequate housing for the health and comfort of householders. However, this link is still poorly characterized and understood regarding the vulnerable segments of the population. In this study, a mediation analysis is proposed to test and identify the role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status. It resorts to microdata from the European Union—Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) database, focusing on the analysis of Portugal as the case study. Research findings confirm the role of energy affordability as a mediator. The research findings supported the energy efficiency as a direct pathway with protective and preventive effect for poor health, followed by energy affordability as a mediated or indirect pathway. A complementary approach that addresses energy efficiency and energy poverty should be pursued to maximize health risk reduction.
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spelling The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health statusEnergy povertyCold homesPerceived health statusEnergy efficiencyDecomposition analysisMicrodataPortugalScience & TechnologyHousing quality is a well-established determinant for health and its relevance has been increasing in the context of sustainable development. Prior research has emphasized the importance of adequate housing for the health and comfort of householders. However, this link is still poorly characterized and understood regarding the vulnerable segments of the population. In this study, a mediation analysis is proposed to test and identify the role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status. It resorts to microdata from the European Union—Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) database, focusing on the analysis of Portugal as the case study. Research findings confirm the role of energy affordability as a mediator. The research findings supported the energy efficiency as a direct pathway with protective and preventive effect for poor health, followed by energy affordability as a mediated or indirect pathway. A complementary approach that addresses energy efficiency and energy poverty should be pursued to maximize health risk reduction.This research was funded by FCT- Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia - within MIT SES Portugal Doctoral Program under the scholarship PD/BD/128029/2016. This work has also been supported by FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the R&D Units Project Scope: UIDB/00319/2020.Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)Universidade do MinhoLima, FátimaFerreira, Paula VarandasLeal, Vítor2022-11-032022-11-03T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/1822/81204engLima, F.; Ferreira, P.; Leal, V. The Role of Energy Affordability in the Relationship between Poor Housing and Health Status. Sustainability 2022, 14, 14435. https://doi.org/10.3390/su1421144352071-105010.3390/su14211443514435info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:28:22Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/81204Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:23:09.082651Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
title The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
spellingShingle The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
Lima, Fátima
Energy poverty
Cold homes
Perceived health status
Energy efficiency
Decomposition analysis
Microdata
Portugal
Science & Technology
title_short The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
title_full The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
title_fullStr The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
title_full_unstemmed The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
title_sort The role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status
author Lima, Fátima
author_facet Lima, Fátima
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Leal, Vítor
author_role author
author2 Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Leal, Vítor
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Lima, Fátima
Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Leal, Vítor
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Energy poverty
Cold homes
Perceived health status
Energy efficiency
Decomposition analysis
Microdata
Portugal
Science & Technology
topic Energy poverty
Cold homes
Perceived health status
Energy efficiency
Decomposition analysis
Microdata
Portugal
Science & Technology
description Housing quality is a well-established determinant for health and its relevance has been increasing in the context of sustainable development. Prior research has emphasized the importance of adequate housing for the health and comfort of householders. However, this link is still poorly characterized and understood regarding the vulnerable segments of the population. In this study, a mediation analysis is proposed to test and identify the role of energy affordability in the relationship between poor housing and health status. It resorts to microdata from the European Union—Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) database, focusing on the analysis of Portugal as the case study. Research findings confirm the role of energy affordability as a mediator. The research findings supported the energy efficiency as a direct pathway with protective and preventive effect for poor health, followed by energy affordability as a mediated or indirect pathway. A complementary approach that addresses energy efficiency and energy poverty should be pursued to maximize health risk reduction.
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