Energy-related attitude/belief variables in conventional econometric equations: An empirical approach applied to residential energy consumption. Doctoral thesis

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6719799

Wetzel, B M

The study analyzes a subsample of 523 households from the 1975 Lifestyles and Household Energy Use Survey conducted for the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies. The study explores the empirical relationship between a set of four Energy-Related Attitude/Belief (ERAB) variables, household electricity and natural gas consumption, and three Energy-Related Discrete Choice (ERDC) variables. Using principal components factor analysis, the ERAB variables were constructed from a portion of the survey responses dealing with what households felt should be done to handle current or future energy shortages. A key finding of the study is that in the context of a conventional econometric specification of electricity and natural gas consumption, ERAB variables are statistically significant, although less significant than conventional explanatory variables for household energy consumption.

• Research Organization: Rand Graduate Inst. for Policies Study, Santa Monica, CA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6719799
• Report Number(s): PB-93-143451/XAB; RAND/P--7551-RGS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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