Kids in the cold : outcomes for New Zealand households with children using prepayment metering for electricity

Examines the consequences of using prepayment metering, a payment method typically used by low-income households, on such households with children living in fuel poverty. Uses results from two survey datasets, the Electricity Prepayment Meter Users' Survey undertaken in late 2010 and the follow...

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Published inNew Zealand medical journal Vol. 126; no. 1371; pp. 71 - 81
Main Authors O'Sullivan, Kimberley C, Howden-Chapman, Philippa L, Stanley, James, Hales, Simon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand Pasifika Medical Association Group (PMAG) 15.03.2013
Subjects
Child
Child Welfare
Children & youth
Cold
Electric meters
Electric power consumption
Electric Power Supplies - economics
Energy policy
Fatalities
Follow-Up Studies
Health and hygiene
Health Surveys
Heating - economics
Households
Humans
Low-income consumers
New Zealand
Poor children
Poverty
Social aspects
Studies
New Zealand
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Examines the consequences of using prepayment metering, a payment method typically used by low-income households, on such households with children living in fuel poverty. Uses results from two survey datasets, the Electricity Prepayment Meter Users' Survey undertaken in late 2010 and the follow-up survey undertaken in 2011. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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Includes references, tables
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ISSN:0028-8446
1175-8716
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