Automobile gasoline consumption: A repeated survey

Understanding the factors contributing to household automobile gasoline consumption can assist decision-makers involved in energy management programs and energy demand forecasts. This article provides a predictive model of gasoline consumption and the results of regression analyses based on data collected from the same households at two different time periods.The analyses tested a range of explanatory variables and found that two variables, number of cylinders and commuting distances, were the major determinants of gasoline consumption. As well. a number of other variables were related to consumption. Further, it was found that one regression model could he used to explain consumption for the two different time periods. It was concluded that consumers, in this study, had not modified their driving patterns over the two time periods under investigation.