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Environmental Lifestyle Indices

Name: Environmental Lifestyle Indices
Creator: Gatersleben, Steg & Vlek
Published: 2002
Keywords: lifestyle, consumption, environmental footprint, food, transportation, energy, housing, life cycle assessment, impact, Gatersleben

Gatersleben, Steg & Vlek · 2002

Overview

A composite measure of the environmental impact of individuals' lifestyle choices across multiple consumption domains including food, transportation, energy use, housing, and consumer goods. Unlike attitude or intention measures, the ELI focuses on actual lifestyle patterns and their estimated environmental footprint. Combines self-reported behavioral frequency data with impact weighting factors derived from life cycle assessment research to produce domain-specific and overall lifestyle impact indices. Used in sustainability research to identify high-impact behavior change targets.

Measure Details

Number of Items30 items

Response ScaleMixed: frequency scales, categorical choices, and quantity estimates

Author(s)Gatersleben, Steg & Vlek

Year Published2002

Internal Reliabilityα = .71–.82 by domain

DomainPro-environmental Behavior

Citation

Gatersleben, B., Steg, L., & Vlek, C. (2002). Measurement and determinants of environmentally significant consumer behavior. Environment and Behavior, 34(3), 335–362.

Keywords

lifestyleconsumptionenvironmental footprintfoodtransportationenergyhousinglife cycle assessmentimpactGatersleben

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At a Glance

Items30

Year2002

Reliabilityα = .71–.82 by domain

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