Table 3.
Prevalence of exposure to cold housing in the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey.
| Exposure measures | Baseline prevalence |
Baseline prevalence by household income |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Quintile 1 (Lowest) | Quintile 2 | Quintile 3 | Quintile 4 | Quintile 5 (Highest) | |
| Cannot afford to adequately warm homea | 2.3 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| (n = 253/11,283) | (n = 103/1645) | (n = 68/1939) | (n = 49/2641) | (n = 26/2787) | (n = 7/2271) | |
| Individuals with co-resident validation | 1.5 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| (n = 98/6770) | (n = 34/810) | (n = 31/1108) | (n = 17/1561) | (12/1794) | (5/1497) | |
| Individuals who do not move in subsequent waves | 1.9 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| (n = 183/9500) | (n = 73/1413) | (n = 48/1619) | (n = 32/2251) | (n = 23/2324) | (n = 6/1892) | |
| Unable to heat at least one roomb | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| (n = 232/17,279) | (n = 56/1637) | (n = 45/3197) | (n = 89/3239) | (n = 21/4160) | (n = 21/5045) | |
a
Baseline was 2009.
b
Baseline was 2014.