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- Title
Egregious Emitters: Disproportionality in Household Carbon Footprints.
- Authors
Kennedy, Emily Huddart; Krahn, Harvey; Krogman, Naomi T.
- Abstract
This article presents survey data from households in Alberta, Canada, examining the relationship between income and carbon footprint. Using multivariate statistics to scrutinize the role of income, the data demonstrate substantial disproportionality in the composition and size of household carbon footprints. Results show that household energy consumption (heating, cooking, cooling) comprises half of the average footprint, with automobile transportation contributing 30% and air travel another 15%. In a linear multiple regression model, the size of household carbon footprints is positively associated with income, in addition to other variables. The highest income quintile has household carbon footprints 2.2 times greater than the lowest income quintile.
- Subjects
CANADA; HOUSEHOLDS -- Environmental aspects; INCOME; ECOLOGICAL impact; ENERGY consumption research; HOUSEHOLDS
- Publication
Environment & Behavior, 2014, Vol 46, Issue 5, p535
- ISSN
0013-9165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0013916512474986