Does anyone in your household use a medical device that is powered by electricity? (Q23)

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March 4, 2021 - 12:03pm

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This chart reflects results from Question 23 on the Spring 2020 survey, which asks “Does anyone in your household use a medical device that is powered by electricity?” This was a check-all-that-apply question, and there were 83 responses. The options for this question were as follows: 

  • Yes, the device is exclusively powered by being connected to an outlet

  • Yes, the device is able to run on its own for extended periods of time

  • Yes, but the device is not needed on a daily basis

  • No, no one in the house needs an electrically-powered device

  •  other

The most common response was “No, no one in the house needs an electrically-powered device”, with 72 individuals selecting this option, followed by “Yes, the device is exclusively powered by being connected to an outlet”, with nine individuals selecting this option. Two individuals selected “Yes, the device is able to run on its own for extended periods of time”, and one individual chose “Yes, but the device is not needed on a daily basis”. One individual’s response was classified as “other”, as they have a massage chair in their home that they use to relax their muscles. It’s important to note that some individuals selected multiple options within the same response.

 

The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey - Overview, which was administered to 86 people over a six week period in May-June 2020. Visit the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.

 

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Morgan Sarao, "Does anyone in your household use a medical device that is powered by electricity? (Q23)", contributed by Morgan Sarao, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 16 August 2022, accessed 29 March 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/does-anyone-your-household-use-medical-device-powered-electricity-q23