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Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) Files, All Data, 2005

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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

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created Feb 17, 2011

updated Jun 02, 2011

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

Community Rating: 4.0
Your Rating
Raters: 1
Visits: 9192
Downloads: 6538
Comments: 0
Contributors: 0

Category: Energy and Utilities
Permissions: Public
Tags: appliances, Household use of energy, RECS data, federal data download, energy, federal datasets, national, energy use, statistics, energy data, housing, Residential energy consumption data, data, energy consumption

Permalink: https://explore.data.gov/Energy-and-Utilities/Residential-Energy-Consumption-Survey-RECS-Files-A/eypy-jxs2
Short URL: https://explore.data.gov/d/eypy-jxs2

Licensing and Attribution

Data Provided By: Energy Information Administration
Source Link: (none)

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Energy
Sub-Agency: Energy Information Administration
Date Released: 1978
Date Updated: 2005
Time Period: Annual
Frequency: Quadrennial
High Value Dataset: N
Suggested by Public: N

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical
Unique ID: 10
Extended Type: Raw Data

Contributing Agency Information

Citation: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/
Agency Program Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov
Agency Data Series Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/consumption/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: household
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

Collection Mode: 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.
Data Collection Instrument: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs2005/hc2005_tables/2005recshouseholdquex.pdf
Data Dictionary: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/layoutfiles/RECS05layoutAllData.csv

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/pubuse05.html
Additional Metadata: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/pdf/recs05codebook.pdf

Data Quality Certification: Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality: Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: EIA

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/
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/
Characteristics: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/

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Data.gov Program Management Office

created Feb 17, 2011

updated Jun 02, 2011

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

Community Rating: 4.0
Your Rating
Raters: 1
Visits: 9192
Downloads: 6538
Comments: 0
Contributors: 0

Category: Energy and Utilities
Permissions: Public
Tags: appliances, Household use of energy, RECS data, federal data download, energy, federal datasets, national, energy use, statistics, energy data, housing, Residential energy consumption data, data, energy consumption

Permalink: https://explore.data.gov/Energy-and-Utilities/Residential-Energy-Consumption-Survey-RECS-Files-A/eypy-jxs2
Short URL: https://explore.data.gov/d/eypy-jxs2

Licensing and Attribution

Data Provided By: Energy Information Administration
Source Link: (none)

Dataset Summary

Agency: Department of Energy
Sub-Agency: Energy Information Administration
Date Released: 1978
Date Updated: 2005
Time Period: Annual
Frequency: Quadrennial
High Value Dataset: N
Suggested by Public: N

Dataset Information

Data.gov Data Category Type: Raw Data Catalog
Specialized Data Category Designation: Statistical
Unique ID: 10
Extended Type: Raw Data

Contributing Agency Information

Citation: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/
Agency Program Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov
Agency Data Series Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/consumption/

Dataset Coverage

Unit of Analysis: household
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

Collection Mode: 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.
Data Collection Instrument: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recs2005/hc2005_tables/2005recshouseholdquex.pdf
Data Dictionary: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/layoutfiles/RECS05layoutAllData.csv

Additional Dataset Documentation

Technical Documentation: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/pubuse05.html
Additional Metadata: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/recspubuse05/pdf/recs05codebook.pdf

Data Quality Certification: Yes
Privacy and Confidentiality: Yes
Applicable Information Quality Guideline Designation: EIA

Statistical Information

Statistical Methodology: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/
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/
Characteristics: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs/

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