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The American Energy Consumer







7-15 Miles Driven and Gasoline Used by Those Having Cars, by Race, 1972-1973 182
7-16 Type and Age of Car and Whether Bought New or Used, for One-Car and Multiple-Car Households, by Race, 1973 (percent of households) 182
7-17 Miles per Gallon Estimated for Local Driving, by Race, 1973 (percent of households with cars) 183
7-18 Major Trips by Household Head, by Transportation Mode and Race, 1972-1973 (percent of household heads) 184
7-19 Transportation Mode, Miles, and Minutes to Work of Employed Household Heads, by Race, 1973 (percent of employed household heads) 185
7-20 Chief Car User in Husband-Wife Households, by Number of Cars in Household and by Race, 1973 (percent of households) 185
7-21 Amount, Cost, and Price of Energy, by Energy Source and Race, 1972-1973 186
7-22 Average Price per Unit for Electricity and Natural Gas, by Income and Race, 1972-1973 186
A2-1 Household Responses, by Type of Fuel Used and Paid For 240
A2-2 Utility Company Responses, by Type of Company 240
A2-3 Response Rate by Households and Utility Companies, by Fuel Type 244
A2-4 Electricity and Natural Gas Data, by Last Month and Number of Months of Reporting Period 244
A2-5 Participating Utility Companies 245
A2-6 Estimated Miles Driven and Gasoline Used for All Households with Cars, by Income, 1972-1973 248
A2-7 Poverty Thresholds, by Family Size—Census Compared to Lifestyles and Energy Study, 1972 249
A2-8 Income Groups in the Lifestyles Study, 1972 (percent of households) 249
A2-9 Poverty Status, by Family Income, 1972 250
A2-10 Characteristics of Poor and Nonpoor Households, 1973 (percent of households) 251
A2-11 Sex of Respondent, by Household Type, 1973 257
A2-12 Interview Completion Experience and Reasons for Incomplete Interviews, 1973 257
A2-13 Interview Completion Experience, by Geographic Region and Community Type, 1973 258
A2-14 Comparisons of Survey and Census Estimates for Selected Household Characteristics (percent of households) 261
A2-15 Approximate Standard Errors and Sampling Tolerances for Survey Percentages, by Size of Sample or Group 263
A2-16 Approximate Standard Errors and Sampling Tolerances for Average Energy Use per Household, and for Index of Energy Consumption, by Size of Sample or Group 264