Data from the 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)
recs.RdPre-processed, household-level microdata containing a selection of 31
variables derived from the 2015 RECS, plus 96 survey replicate weights.
A variety of data types are included (numeric, factor, logical). There are no
missing values (NA). Variable names have been standardized from the original
EIA microdata format.
Format
A tibble (tbl_df) with 5,686 rows and 124 variables:
- weight
Primary sampling weight.
- income
Annual gross household income for the last year.
- age
Respondent age.
- race
Respondent race.
- education
Highest education completed by respondent.
- employment
Respondent employment status.
- hh_size
Number of household members.
- division
Census Division.
- urban_rural
Census 2010 Urban Type.
- climate
IECC Climate Code.
- renter
Is household renting the home?
- home_type
Type of housing unit.
- year_built
Range when housing unit was built.
- square_feet
Total square footage.
- insulation
Level of insulation.
- heating
Main space heating fuel.
- aircon
Type of air conditioning equipment used.
- centralac_age
Age of central air conditioner.
- televisions
Number of televisions used.
- disconnect
Frequency of receiving disconnect notice.
- electricity
Total annual electricity usage, in kilowatthours.
- natural_gas
Total annual natural gas usage, in hundred cubic feet.
- fuel_oil
Total annual fuel oil/kerosene usage, in gallons.
- propane
Total annual propane usage, in gallons.
- propane_btu
Total annual propane usage, in thousand Btu.
- propane_expend
Total annual propane expenditure, in dollars.
- heating_share
Share of total energy used for space heating.
- cooling_share
Share of total energy used for cooling (AC and fans).
- other_share
Share of total energy used for other end-uses.
- use_ng
Logical indicating if household uses natural gas.
- have_ac
Logical indicating if household has air conditioning.
- rep_1, rep_2, ..., rep_96
Replicate weights (rep_1 through rep_96) for uncertainty estimation.
References
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). (2015). Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). https://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2015/