Sociodemographic patterns of household water-use costs in Puerto Rico.
Sci Total Environ
; 524-525: 300-9, 2015 Aug 15.
Article
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| ID: mdl-25897735
Variability of household water-use costs across different sociodemographic groups in Puerto Rico is evaluated using census microdata from the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). Multivariate analyses such as multiple linear regression (MLR) and factor analysis (FA) are used to classify, extract and interpret the household water-use costs. The FA results suggest two principal varifactors in explaining the variability of household water-use costs (64% in 2000 and 50% in 2010), which are grouped into a soft coefficient (social, economic and demographic characteristics of household residents, i.e., age, size, income, education) and a hard coefficient (dwelling conditions, i.e., number of rooms, units in the building, building age). The demographic profile of a high water-use household in Puerto Rico tends to be that of renters, people who live in larger or older buildings, people living in metro areas, or those with higher education level and higher income. The findings and discussions from this study will help decision makers to plan holistic and integrated water management to achieve water sustainability.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Abastecimento de Água
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Recursos Hídricos
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Total Environ
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Holanda