YouGov research for the Australian Conservation Foundation, found:
85% of parents worry about their children’s health and safety in extreme heat.
70% of parents have kept their child inside more often over the summer holidays, with higher numbers for parents of children aged 5 or younger (76%) and Queenslanders (75%) 67% of parents who kept children indoors had negative feelings including feeling confined (32%), stressed (26%), trapped (23%), anxious (21%), sad (21%) and overwhelmed (18%).
79% report heatwaves impact their family’s sleep, with 21% saying reporting significantly impacts children’s sleep and 58% saying it somewhat impacts their children’s sleep.
45% reported limiting the use of air conditioners or fans during heatwaves because of the cost of power bills.
Hmm, not sure that’d be correct. Don’t have time to look, but last i saw renting population is around 1/3 of housing population.
I think the research presented in this article targeted parents, a subset of the general population. Given parents these days are older, and more established, i would assume the share of the parent set has ‘parents renting < 1/3’ (less than 1/3) renters.
I assume this because younger people are massively over-represented in the rental category, and they are less likely to have children.