Andrew Rosenthal, 22 April 2021, "Has a change in your income or your COVID-19’s household income impacted your ability to pay utility bills? (Q32)", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal, Briana Leone and Alison Kenner, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 28 June 2021, accessed 17 December 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/has-change-your-income-or-your-covid-19’s-household-income-impacted-your-ability-pay-utility
Critical Commentary
This chart reflects responses to Question #32 from the Spring 2020 survey, which asked, “Has a change in your income or your COVID-19's household income impacted your household's ability to pay utility bills?” The available answers are,
Yes
No
There has not been a change in my income.
Changes in income have not impacted our ability to pay bills
There has been a change in household income but it will not impact our ability to pay utility bills.
There has not been a change in household income
Not yet, but it will in the coming months.
I don’t know
All eighty-six respondents answered this question. Respondents could choose multiple answers, which allowed respondents to get more specific with their situation.
Fifty-five respondents (64%) said “no”.
Fifteen respondents (17.4%) said there has not been a change in my income.
Nine respondents (10.5%) said there has not been a change in household income.
Four respondents (4.7) said there has been a change in household income, but it has not impacted their ability to pay utility bills.
Two respondents (2.3%) stated changes in income have not impacted their ability to pay utility bills.
One respondent (1.2%) said there has not been a change in employment status.
Five respondents (5.8%) indicated yes, a change in income had impacted the household’s ability to pay utility bills.
Seven respondents (8.1%) stated not yet, but it will in the coming months. It is worth noting that one respondent who answered not yet also answered no.
One respondent (1.2%) had not received utility bills.
One other respondent (1.2%) did not know.
One respondent who said “no” indicated that his bills have become easier to pay because his mother is working more hours.
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.