Energy Crisis Attitudes and Conservation Behavior in the United States, April-May 1980 (ICPSR 7877)

Version Date: Feb 16, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s):
United States Department of Energy

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07877.v1

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Summary

This data collection contains information reflecting public attitudes toward energy and related issues in the United States in the spring of 1980. The objective of the study was to enable the Department of Energy to establish a benchmark to gauge the impact of energy conservation communications efforts. Data were gathered via personal interviews, and respondents were asked where energy ranked in a list of 42 problems Americans saw confronting the nation at the time. In addition to measuring concern about energy, the survey gathered information on attitudes toward the cost of gasoline, actions respondents took to reduce gasoline consumption (e.g., driving less, purchasing more fuel efficient car, and consolidating trips), their use of public transportation, whether they carpooled, how often tire inflation was checked, and frequency of engine tune ups. The survey also sought to identify the leading sources from which respondents received information on improving gasoline mileage, such as employers, auto clubs, oil company advertising, local auto-oriented merchants, stories in the news media, unions, and local, state, and federal governments. Demographic information includes respondent's age, sex, race, marital status, whether respondent was the head of the household, occupation, part- or full-time work status (if female), union membership, last school grade completed, religious affiliation, household and individual incomes, political party preference, and political ideology.

Citation

United States Department of Energy. Energy Crisis Attitudes and Conservation Behavior in the United States, April-May 1980. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07877.v1

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Funding

United States Department of Energy

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1980-04 -- 1980-05

Date of Collection

1980-04 -- 1980-05

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The frequencies in the codebook were generated using the weight variable (Variable 5). This weight should be used in any analysis. (2) No documentation was provided for a number of variables that are noted in the codebook. ICPSR has made an attempt to obtain this documentation and a revised codebook will be released if it becomes available.

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Sample

A weighted sample of 1,467 respondents, designed to reflect the adult population of the entire country, was surveyed in April and May of 1980 by interviewers under the supervision of the Cambridge Reports, Inc. staff.

Universe

Adult noninstitutionalized population of the United States.

Data Source

personal interviews

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Original Release Date

1984-03-18

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • United States Department of Energy. Energy Crisis Attitudes and Conservation Behavior in the United States, April-May 1980. ICPSR07877-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1982. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07877.v1

1984-03-18 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed recodes and/or calculated derived variables.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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