Objective and subjective measures of fuel poverty

Energy Policy

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-39

  Waddams Price, Catherine ^a   Brazier, Karl ^b   Wang, Wenjia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data mining; Fuel poverty; Subjective measures

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ENERGY PRICES; FUEL POVERTY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REAL COSTS; SUBJECTIVE MEASURES;

DATA MINING; FELT;

FUELS;

DATA MINING; DATA SET; ENERGY MARKET; EXPENDITURE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY;

EID: 84865585683     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.095     Document Type: Article

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