Hi,
i was looking to see if any on ehad recommendation of what varaibles i can start looking at to calculate 2 measures
a) Rent Burden
b) Utility Burden
whati am trying to achieve is estimnate economic hardships
any suggestions would be greatly helpful
ACS published a story of how the Department of Energy created the LEAD Tool to discover and alleviate areas under energy burden. They used the following ACS variables to highlight energy burden: tenure, year structure built, units in structure, house heating fuel, household size, household income
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/acs-data-stories/lead-tool.html
I hope this helps!