In the Hungarian as well as the international literature, debates regarding the methodology
used for measuring energy poverty are ongoing. Our contribution sought to develop
a methodology that would be relatively easy to measure via survey and have the potential
to identify households’ energy vulnerability status beyond the energy poor/non energy
poor divide. Based on a representative survey that was carried out in Hungary in 2018,
we identified three groups of households: energy poor, non energy poor households,
and a so-called transitional group, potentially at risk of energy poverty. In addition
to socioeconomic differences, we analysed differences in the mindsets of respondents
belonging to these three household groups concerning different aspects of heating
energy generation (macrolevel aspects, such as environmental sustainability and energy
supply system issues, and microlevel aspects, such as economic and technical issues).
By this, the article aims to provide input for further research on factors, beyond
the social and economic background, related to energy vulnerability.
