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Title: Sociodemographic Patterns of Household Water-Use Costs in Puerto Rico
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: 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.
Url: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969715004945
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Authors: Yu, Xue; Ghasemizadeh, Reza; Padilla, Ingrid; Meeker, John D.; Cordero, Jose F.; Alshawkabkeh, Akram
Periodical (Full): Science of The Total Environmnet
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Volume: 524-525
Pages: 300-309
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Natural Resource Management
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