Public Use Microdata File

This 2009 version represents the 13th iteration of the RECS program. First conducted in 1978, the Residential Energy Consumption Survey is a national sample survey that collects energy-related data for housing units occupied as a primary residence and the households that live in them. Data were collected from 12,083 households selected at random using a complex multistage, area-probability sample design. The sample represents 113.6 million U.S. households, the Census Bureau’s statistical estimate for all occupied housing units in 2009 derived from their American Community Survey (ACS).

Data are available in two formats: CSV, a comma delimited file and a SAS data file. The comma delimited data file is accompanied by a corresponding “Layout file”, which contains descriptive labels and formats for each data variable. Users should also refer to the “Response code labels” file, which contains the descriptive labels for variables and descriptions of the response codes.

Users are strongly encouraged to read Using the 2009 microdata file to compute estimates and standard errors (RSEs).

This final version (Jan 2013) contains detailed site end-use consumption and expenditures data not available in previous releases.

Replicate weights

Standard errors (RSEs) and confidence intervals for survey estimates can be calculated using the replicate weights for each of the 12,083 RECS household cases.

Specific questions on this product may be directed to:

Chip Berry
James.Berry@eia.gov
RECS Survey Manager
Phone: (202) 586-5543
Fax: (202) 586-0018