Abstract

The regions of Antofagasta, Valparaíso and Biobío present a series of environmental problems. Inhabitants perceive that air pollution, water pollution and rubbish contamination contribute to the deteriorationof the quality of life in their territories. Based on air pollution information obtained from monitoringstations of the National Air Quality Information System (SINCA), meteorological information obtainedfrom the Meteorological Directorate of Chile, and socioeconomic information on income poverty level,multidimensional poverty level, and energy poverty level, a data panel was constructed with informa -tion from 2017 to 2021 with daily information at the commune level. Three ordinary least squaresregression models were estimated to determine the relationship between the socioeconomic variables(income poverty, multidimensional poverty and fuel poverty) and each of the pollutants studied. Theresults show that, in general, there is a positive and significant relationship between the level of incomepoverty, multidimensional poverty and fuel poverty. The main objective of this study was to investi -gate the possible relationship between pollution and the variables of income poverty, multidimensionalpoverty and fuel poverty, in order to build evidence that will allow the creation of environmental publicpolicies in the future.