A study of the effects of rising energy prices on the low and moderate income elderly. Final summary report

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 04:00:00 EDT 1975

OSTI ID:7249358

Bloom, M

The study assesses the primary impacts of the 'energy crisis', that is, rising energy costs, on three target audiences: the individual elderly consumer, the institutions which serve the elderly, and Federal programs. Primary impacts are the directly identifiable effects of rising energy costs on income/expenditures, housing, and transportation. To the extent that available data permitted, these effects were assessed on a regional basis. The study focuses on such questions as: how increasing energy costs and general inflationary patterns have affected the quality of life of the low and moderate income elderly; how the impact is reflected in changes in income and in expenditure patterns; to what extent housing costs and transportation utilization for the elderly are affected; what the rising energy costs effect on the institutionalized elderly is; what the nature of Federal and local agency programs is with respect to the energy crisis and its impact on the elderly. The report also contains policy and research recommendations, tables and lists of figures. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, Md. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7249358
• Report Number(s): PB-244200; G-53
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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