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Culture’ than lower income households. Weber and Mathews ( 2008 ) also point out
that there tends to be a higher diversity in the carbon footprint of households with
higher incomes/total household expenditure.
Exceptions to the general pattern of low income households incurring a greater
proportion of their carbon emissions from direct energy use than upper income
households was found by Kerkhof et al. ( 2009 ) who compared four countries. While
they found this pattern for UK and The Netherlands, they found reverse trends in
Fig. 9.2 ( a ) Carbon footprints by income bracket and household size; ( b ) Carbon footprints by
category of emissions and income bracket for average household size of 2.5 persons (Source: Jones
and Kammen ( 2011 ), Fig. 2, p. 4090)
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Culture’ than lower income households. Weber and Mathews ( 2008 ) also point out
that there tends to be a higher diversity in the carbon footprint of households with
higher incomes/total household expenditure.
Exceptions to the general pattern of low income households incurring a greater
proportion of their carbon emissions from direct energy use than upper income
households was found by Kerkhof et al. ( 2009 ) who compared four countries. While
they found this pattern for UK and The Netherlands, they found reverse trends in
Fig. 9.2 ( a ) Carbon footprints by income bracket and household size; ( b ) Carbon footprints by
category of emissions and income bracket for average household size of 2.5 persons (Source: Jones
and Kammen ( 2011 ), Fig. 2, p. 4090)
9 Understanding Households as Drivers of Carbon Emissions