Data were collected on respondent and child characteristics, household characteristics, and dwelling quality.
This paper analyses the impact that dwelling characteristics and characteristics and behaviours of household members have on per capita energy expenditures.
Socio-economic characteristics have a moderate impact, while dwelling characteristics and especially household size have much larger impacts.
Principal component analysis was used to generate wealth index from information based on each household's ownership of consumer goods, dwelling characteristics, and other household characteristics.
The CHAPS 2 survey instrument was based on the original CHAPS surveys [ 20] and consisted of three main components: questions regarding respondent characteristics and household composition; a 24-h recall diary; and, a supplemental questionnaire covering activities related to exposures to specific contaminants, dwelling characteristics, SES, and health status.
Results relating to a 1960s typical building case study in Lisbon, Portugal, suggest that specific dwelling characteristics, such as orientation, and occupancy profiles are relevant when assessing vulnerability, suggesting significant differences, of up to 91% in discomfort hours on an annual basis.
Dwelling characteristics, household income and household assets were included in this composite scale.
Socio-Economic Position (SEP): This was derived from dwelling characteristics and household assets using principal component analysis (PCA) [ 18].
At the household level, economy, dwelling characteristics, assets and size, numbers of adults and children, are key factors [ 9, 10].
It was calculated based on a standard set of household assets, dwelling characteristics and ownership of consumer items according to observation by the interviewer.
