National Private Vehicle Use Survey(npvus)

Abstract:

The purpose of the National Private Vehicle Use Survey is to provide
measures of vehicle fuel use and the determinants of fuel use. This
information will provide the basis for future policy decisions aimed at
reducing the fuel consumed by personal-use vehicles.

To this end, it is important to understand how consumers use their
vehicles in order to design adequate energy efficiency programs and
alternative energy programs. The specific objectives of the survey are:
provide national estimates of annual fuel use for personal-use vehicles
(includes passenger cars/light trucks and vans); provide national
estimates of total distance driven; identify the main factors in the
purchase of a vehicle; identify in a general fashion how households use
their vehicles; and develop driver profiles by sex, age, marital status,
income, education and occupational group; and develop vehicle profiles
by vehicle make, model year, number of cylinders, transmission type, and
presence or absence of air conditioning.

Note:

Information in the 1994 microdata file refers to personal-use vehicles
operated during the fourth quarter of 1994 and the 1995 file refers to
personal-use vehicles operated during the 1995 calendar year.


NOTE: TYPE B IS BINARY; TYPE A IS ASCII


DIRECTORY 1996

 FILENAME               TYPE   DESCRIPTION
==============================================
npvus96datv3.zip          B     Data file unzipped 8,025,037 lrecl = 861
                                #rec = 9,299

Attention_npvus96.txt     A     Information
Attentionv2_npvus96.pdf   B     Information
npvus96gidv2.pdf          B     User's guide
npvus96gidv2.wpd          B     User's guide
npvus96cbk.doc            B     Codebook
npvus96cbk.pdf            B     Codebook
npvus96V3.sps             A     SPSS Code
npvus96v2.sas             A     SAS card (record layout)


Attention_enuvp96.txt     A     Information in french
Attentionv2_enuvp96.pdf   B     Information in french
enuvp96gidv2.pdf          B     User's guide in french
enuvp96gidv2.wpd          B     User's guide in french
enuvp96cbk.pdf            B     Codebook in french
enuvp96cbk.doc            B     Codebook in french
enuvp96v3.sps             A     SPSS Code in french




DIRECTORY 1995

 FILENAME              TYPE     DESCRIPTION
==============================================
npvus95dat2.zip         B     Data file unzipped 9,102,064 lrecl = 854
                              #rec = 11,149
Attention_npvus95.pdf   B     Information

npvus95gidv2.pdf        B     User's guide
npvus95gidv2.wpd        B     User's guide
npvus95cbk.doc          B     Codebook
npvus95cbk.pdf          B     Codebook
npvus95porsas2.zip      B     Portable SAS file
npvus95v2.sps           A     SPSS file
npvus95.sas             A     SAS Record layout

attention_enuvp95.pdf   B     Information in french
enuvp95gidv2.pdf        B     User's guide in french
enuvp95gidv2.wpd        B     User's guide in french
enuvp95cbk.pdf          B     Codebook in french
enuvp95cbk.doc          B     Codebook in french
enuvp95.sps             A     SPSS Code in french


DIRECTORY 1994

 FILENAME             TYPE   DESCRIPTION
==============================================
npvus94dat2.zip        B     Data file unzipped 4,381,020 lrecl= 853
                             #rec = 5,124

Attention_npvus94.pdf  B     Information
npvus94cbk.doc         B     Codebook
npvus94cbk.pdf         B     Codebook
npvus94gidv3.pdf       B     User's guide
npvus94gidv3.wpd       B     User's guide
npvus94porsas1.zip     B     Portable SAS file
npvus94v3.sps          A     SPSS file
npvus94.sas            A     SAS Record Layout

Attention_enuvp94.pdf  B     Information in french
enuvp94gidv3.pdf       B     User's guide in french
enuvp94gidv3.wpd       B     User's guide in french
enuvp94cbk.doc         B     Codebook in french
enuvp94cbk.pdf         B     Codebook in french
enuvp94.sps            A     SPSS Code in french