Andrew Rosenthal, 14 April 2021, "**If yes to Q32** What kind of utility bills, including internet bills, are you struggling to pay? (Q32a S + W 2020)", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal and Alison Kenner, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 22 April 2021, accessed 21 November 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/if-yes-q32-what-kind-utility-bills-including-internet-bills-are-you-struggling-pay-q32a-s-w
Critical Commentary
This chart reflects responses to Question #32a from the Spring 2020 and Winter 2020 surveys, which asked, “If yes to Q32, what kind of utility bills, including internet bills, are you struggling to pay?” The options available were “electric”; “gas”; “internet”; “electricity”; “phone”; “all of the above”; “none of the above”; and “I don’t know.”
Seventy respondents answered this question. Sixteen respondents indicated all of the above. Twenty-two respondents indicated they were struggling to pay their electric bills. Nine respondents indicated they were struggling to pay their water bills. Seven respondents were struggling to pay their internet bills. Sixteen respondents reported they were struggling to pay their gas bills. One respondent indicated they were struggling to pay their phone bills. Twenty-three respondents reported they were struggling with none of the above. One respondent did not know
The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey, which has been administered to 169 people over two time periods. The Spring 2020 survey was administered to 86 people between May and June, and the Winter 2020 survey was administered to 83 people between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Spring + Winter 2020 Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.