Annual housing survey: 1979. United States and regions. part f: energy-related housing characteristics

Technical Report · Mon Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6435452

This report presents statistics on energy - related housing characteristics from the 1979 Annual Housing Survey for the United States by inside and outside standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's) and each of the four geographic regions. The statistics are based on information from a sample of housing units. The information was collected by personal interview from September 1979 to December 1979. For the United States as a whole and for the separate regions (North Central, Northeast, South, and West), data are presented on fuel, fuel cost, heating, air conditioning, insulation, and transportation characteristics in relation to the following information: income of families and primary individuals, value of owner - occupied housing units, gross rent of renter - occupied housing units, housing units in structure, number of rooms per housing unit, year structure built, monthly cost paid for electricity, and others. Also shown are the yearly cost paid for fuel oil, coal, etc. and household head's principal means of transportation to work, by distance and travel time to work in 1979. Data are classified according to all races, black - housing units with black household head, and Spanish - housing units with household head of Spanish origin. Maps and a table - finding guide are provided. Appendices describe the geographic area classifications; define subjects covered in the report; and present information on sample design, estimation, and data accuracy.

• Research Organization: Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6435452
• Report Number(s): PB-83-123802
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
320203 -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Transportation-- Land & Roadway
AIR CONDITIONING
BLACK AMERICANS
BUILDINGS
COST
DATA
FUELS
HEATING
HOUSEHOLDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INFORMATION
LOW INCOME GROUPS
MINORITY GROUPS
NUMERICAL DATA
POPULATIONS
REGIONAL ANALYSIS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SPACE HEATING
STATISTICAL DATA
SURVEYS
THERMAL INSULATION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS