Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) Files, All Data, 2005
Dataset Summary
| Agency: | Department of Energy |
| Sub-Agency: | Energy Information Administration |
| Category: | Energy and Utilities |
| Date Released: | 1978 |
| Date Updated: | 2005 |
| Time Period: | Annual |
| Frequency: | Quadrennial |
| Description: | The Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), which is conducted every four years, provides national statistical survey data on the use of energy in residential housing units including physical housing unit types, appliances utilized, demographics, fuels, and other energy use information. This dataset (i.e., the full RECS dataset) is very large in size and may require specialized software to open on your computer. The file might not open completely in Excel 2003 or earlier versions. For a subset of the data pertaining only to Energy Consumption component of RECS, please go to: http://www.data.gov/details/59 (more) |
Dataset Information
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Data.gov Data Category Type
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Raw Data Catalog
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| Specialized Data Category Designation | Statistical |
| Keywords | Residential energy consumption data, energy consumption, energy use, Household use of energy, data, federal data download, national, housing, appliances, RECS data, energy, federal datasets, energy data, statistics |
| Unique ID | 10 |
Contributing Agency Information
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Citation
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| Agency Program Page | http://www.eia.doe.gov |
| Agency Data Series Page | http://www.eia.doe.gov/consumption/ |
Dataset Coverage
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Unit of Analysis
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household
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| Granularity | RECS data are tabulated for the four Census regions, the nine Census divisions, and for the four most populous States--California, Florida, New York, and Texas. |
| Geographic Coverage | United States |
Data Description
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Collection Mode
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The survey collected data from 4,382 households sampled at random using a complex multistage, area-probability design to represent 111.1 million U.S. households, the Census Bureau's statistical estimate for all occupied housing units in 2005. Data were obtained from residential energy suppliers for each unit in the sample to produce the Consumption and Expenditures data.
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| Data Collection Instrument | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs2005/hc2005_tables/2005recshouseholdquex.pdf |
| Data Dictionary/Variable List | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/layoutfiles/RECS05layoutAllData.csv |
Additional Dataset Documentation
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Technical Documentation
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| Additional Metadata | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/pdf/recs05codebook.pdf |
Statistical Information
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Statistical Methodology
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| Sampling | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Estimation | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Weighting | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Disclosure avoidance | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Questionnaire design | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Series breaks | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Non-response adjustment | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Seasonal adjustment | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
| Statistical Characteristics | http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/ |
OMB Control No. 3090-0284
