Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS): National Interim Energy Consumption Survey, 1978-1979, Household Monthly Energy Consumption and Expenditures. Shoppers Guide

摘要

This document is intended to serve as a general introduction to the Household Monthly Energy Consumption and Expenditures (HMECE) data from the National Interim Energy Consumption Survey (NIECS) which is now available to the public on machine-readable magnetic tapes. The document includes brief overviews of the Residential Energy Consumption Survey as a whole and of the NIECS in particular; a brief description of each of the files included in this tape; and a list of the variables in the data set. Appended to this document is a copy of the fuel supplier record form used to collect consumption and expenditure data for each of the sample households.