Cold Comfort : A National Survey of Elderly People in Cold Weather, 1991

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>To establish what proportion of elderly people in Britain:<br>
i) experience low day and/or night-time indoor temperatures<br>
ii) experience low core body temperatures<br>
iii) feel cold at home during the winter.<br>
Also to establish factors associated with body and room temperatures/thermal experience, and to compare the results with those obtained in a similar study undertaken in 1972.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Body and room temperatures; thermal perception; type/use of heating; use of heating controls; paying for fuel; cold-related behaviour; home insulation.<br>
Measurement Scales Used<br>
For details of measurement scales used and questions derived from other surveys see the documentation that accompanies this dataset.