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... > contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > economics of poverty > fuel poverty
contexts > population characteristics > socioeconomic factors > poverty > fuel poverty

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fuel poverty  

Definition

  • Fuel poverty, with its roots in the quality of housing stock and the cost of fuel, is a recognized social problem that affects the poor. According to Brenda Boardman, an influential author on fuel poverty research in the United Kingdom (UK), fuel poverty occurs when a household has adequate energy services for 10 percent of its income. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty; Fuel Poverty]

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