Pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes are associated with health, wellbeing and life satisfaction in multiple occupancy households in the UK Household Longitudinal Study
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Netuveli, G. and Watts, P. 2020. Pro-environmental behaviours and attitudes are associated with health, wellbeing and life satisfaction in multiple occupancy households in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Population and Environment. 41, p. 347–371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00337-7
Authors | Netuveli, G. and Watts, P. |
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Abstract | Pro-environmental behaviours (PEBs) and attitudes (PEAs) may influence different domains of health and wellbeing through several mechanisms. The household plays an important role in this relationship; however, there is no previous research on household level PEBs or the PEAs of other household members in relation to health and wellbeing. We used data from 22,427 people in 9344 multiple occupancy households in the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Explanatory variables were household level PEBs, individual PEAs and PEAs of other household members. We used five common physical and mental health and wellbeing outcome measures. Household PEBs were associated with higher life satisfaction. Individual PEAs were associated with lower life satisfaction and worse mental health. PEAs of other household members were associated with higher physical health, mental health and life satisfaction scores for all outcome measures. Findings suggest that ‘greener’ households can produce a ‘win-win’ result for the environment and public health. |
Journal | Population and Environment |
Journal citation | 41, p. 347–371 |
ISSN | 0199-0039 |
Year | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Anyone |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00337-7 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00337-7 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Jan 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 08 Jan 2020 |
Deposited | 21 Jan 2020 |
Copyright holder | © 2020 Springer Nature B.V. |
Copyright information | This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Population and Environment. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-020-00337-7. |
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