High utility bills trigger anxiety and depression in low-income households

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A researcher at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health studied a hidden source of hardship: energy insecurity, the inability to adequately meet basic household energy needs, and its adverse environmental, health, and social consequences. The study provides real-world examples of three dimensions of energy insecurity: economic, physical, and behavioral; it's one of the first to examine how household utilities, which account for a large share of living expenses, are a critical measurement of material hardship.

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