APPENDIX A: Forms and Instructions

Form

Form R93D-44 

Form R93D-03 

Form R93D-59 

Instructions 

Form RT94-02 

Form RT94-04 

Form RT94-0! 

Form RT94-03 

Form RT94-05 

Form RT94-06

Instructions 

Form RT94-09 

Instructions 

Form RT94-10 

Form RT94-07 

Form RT94-08 

Form RT94-17 

Form RT94-19 

Form RT94-24 

Form RT94-15 

Form RT94-13 

Form RT94-22 

Form RT94-26 

Form RT94-18 

Form RT94-20 

FormRT94-16 

Form RT94-14 

Form RT94-21 

Form RT94-25 

FormRT94-ll 

Form RT94-12 

Form RT94-23 

Form RT94-27

Section N (Vehicles) of 1993 RECS Questionnaire .............

Cover Letter for VIN Follow-up ...........................

Vehicle Information Card (yellow, front only) .................

1993 RECS Mail Questionnaire, Pages 4-5 (vehicle pages only) ....

Instructions for Assembling RTECS Mid-Year Mailings ..........

DOE Advance Letter for Mail Households, Mid-Year ...........

Vehicle Update Form (white) ...................... 

Vehicle Update Worksheet (pink) ..........................

Mid-Year Telephone Questionnaire ................-.. 

Interviewer Instructions for the Mid-Year Telephone Questionnaire . .

Instructions for Handling Incoming RTECS Calls ..............

Mid-Year Coding Instructions (REVISED) ...................

Mid-Year Coding Instructions, Condensed Version (REVISED) ....

Mid-Year Coding Form .................................

Coding and Data Entry Control Card .......................

Mid-Year Keying Instructions ............................

DOE Advance Letter for Mail Households, End-of-Year ..........

RAC Advance Letter, for Mail Households, End-of-Year ..........

RAC Cover Letter for Second Mailing, End-of-Year ............

Odometer Reading Card for Mail Households .................

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Card for Mail Households ....

End-of-Year Vehicle Worksheet for Second Mailing, Had a Vehicle . 

End-of-Year Vehicle Worksheet for Second Mailing, No Vehicle . . . DOE Advance Letter for Telephone Households, End-of-Year .....

RAC Advance Letter for Telephone Households, End-of-Year .....

Odometer Reading Card for Telephone Households .............

Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Card for Telephone Households 

How to Use the Enclosed Cards ...........................

Where to Find the Vehicle Identification Number ..............

End-of-Year Telephone Questionnaire, Paper Version ............

Interviewer Instructions for the End-of-Year Telephone Questionnaire 

End-of-Year Coding Instructions ..........................

Changes to CATI Data .................................

A-l 

A-13 

A-14 

A-l 5 

A-17 

A-l 9 

A-21

A OC

A-27 

A-31 

A-38 

it

A-53 

A-55 

A-61 

A-63 

A-64 

A-65 

A-67 

A-69 

A-70 

A-71 

A-73 

A-75 

A-77 

A-78 

A-80 

A-81 

A-83 

A-85 

A-86 

A-87 

A-104 

A-123 

A-128
Form E1A-457A (1993)

N-1. Do you or other members of your household own or have the regular use of any cars, trucks, vans, 

or similar vehicles? (DO NOT INCLUDE MOTORCYCLES OR MOPEDS. SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON 

NEXT PAGE.)

YES

NO

, 1 913

. 0--> [BOX 20: 

PAGE 95]

USE' MEANS THE-VEHiClE: IS 'KEPT AT HOME AND IS 

AVAILABLE FOR SOME PERSONAL USE. : --;

N-2. How many do you have?

NUMBER OF VEHICLES: 914-15

l|^ ' •".:...

||||^^ SS£^i£;E:8;;«ii^S4^ •'" '•:•;,. |0|$||^^

^ ..'' G 

MODEL .

^ia^siss^ssM^TO^ie^

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Form EIA-457A (1993)

VEHICLES PAGl

QUESTION

N-3. What is the make? MAKE ...................

N-4. What is the model name? (SEE INSTRUCTIONS) MODEL ..................

N-5. What is the model year? YEAR ....................

N-6. Please turn to Exhibit N-6. What is the type CAR .................. 01

of vehicle? STATION WAGON ....... 02

LARGE VAN ............ 03

(CIRCLE ONE). MINI VAN .............. 04

PICKUP TRUCK ......... 05

WRITE ADDITIONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLE . . 06 

IN MARGIN. OTHER (SPECIFY): ...... 21

N-7. Does it have an air conditioner? YES ................... 1

NO ................... 0

N-8. Does it have an automatic transmission or manual AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 1 

Shift? MANUAL SHIFT .......... 2

DONT KNOW ........... 6

N-9. How many cylinders does the engine have? 3-CYLINDERS .......... 03

4-CYUNDERS .......... 04

5-CYLINDERS .......... 05

6-CYUNDERS .......... 06

8-CYUNDERS .......... 08

OTHER ............... 21

DONT KNOW .......... 96

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-2 .
Form EIA-457A (1993)

N-3.

N-4.

N-5.

N-6.

N-7.

N-8.

N-9.

VEHICLE #1

MAKE

916-17

MODEL

S1B-18

19

920-21

CAR ........... 01

STATN WAGON . . 02 

LARGE VAN ..... 03

MINI VAN ....... 04

PICK UP TRUCK . 05 

SPORT UTILITY . . 06

. 21

S22-23

YES ............ 1

NO ............ 0

924

AUTOMATIC ..... 1

MANUAL ........ 2

DONT KNOW .... 8

925

3 CYLINDERS ... 03 

4 CYLINDERS ... 04 

5 CYLINDERS ... 05 

6 CYLINDERS ... 06 

8 CYLINDERS ... 08 

OTHER ........ 21

DONT KNOW ... 96

926-27

VEHICLE #2

MAKE 

992-93

MODEL

994-95

19 ' .

996-97

CAR ............ 01

STATN WAGON . . 02 

LARGE VAN ..... 03

MSN! VAN ....... 04

PICK UP TRUCK . 05 

SPORT UTILITY , . 06 

. 21

993-39

YES ............ 1

NO ............ 0

WOO

AUTOMATIC ..... 1

MANUAL ........ 2

DONT KNOW .... 6

TOO?

3 CYLINDERS ... 03 

4 CYLINDERS ... 04 

5 CYLINDERS ... OS 

6 CYLINDERS ... 06 

8 CYLINDERS ... 08 

OTHER ........ 21

DONT'KNOW ... 96

1002-03

VEHICLE #3

MAKE

1067-68

MODEL 

10S9-70

19

1071-72

CAR .......... 01

STATN WAGON . 02 

LARGE VAN .... 03

MINI VAN ...... 04

PICK UP TRUCK 05 

SPORT UTILITY . 06 

21

1 073-74

YES ........... 1

NO ........... 0

1075

AUTOMATIC .... 1

MANUAL ....... 2

DONT KNOW ... 6

1076

3 CYLINDERS . . 03 

4 CYLINDERS . . 04 

5 CYLINDERS . . 05 

6 CYLINDERS . . 06 

8 CYLINDERS . , 08 

OTHER ....... 21

DONT KNOW .. 96 

7077-78

VEHICLE $4

MAKE 

11 53-54

MODEL 

T 755-56

19

7757-58

CAR ........... 01

STATN WAGON . . 02 

LARGE VAN ..... 03

MIMI VAN D4

PICK UP TRUCK . 05 

SPORT UTILITY ... 06 

. 21

7759-60

YES ............ 1

NO ............ 0

7767

AUTOMATIC ..... 1

MANUAL ........ 2

DONT KNOW .... 6

7762

3 CYLINDERS ... 03 

4 CYLINDERS ... 04 

5 CYLINDERS ... 05 

6 CYLINDERS ... 06 

8 CYLINDERS ... 08 

OTHER ........ 21

DONT KNOW ... 96

7763-64

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Form E1A-457A (1993)

QUESTION

N-10. Does it have front-wheel, rear-wheel, or 4-wheei FRONT-WHEEL ............... 1

drive? (IF RESPONDENT SAYS COMBINATION REAR-WHEEL ................ 2

THAT INCLUDES 4-WHEEL DRIVE, MARK 4-WHEEL .................... 3

4-WHEEL DRIVE.) OTHER: (Specify) ............. 5

DONT KNOW ................ 6

N-11. Does the fuel system use a carburetor, fuel CARBURETOR ........ 1

injection, or is it a diesel engine or an electric FUEL INJECTION ...... 2

vehicle? DIESEL ............. 3->[N-13]

ELECTRIC ........... 4->[N-14]

OTHER: (Specify) ..... 5

DONT KNOW ........ 6

N-12. Please turn to Exhibit N-12. During the past year, UNLEADED GASOLINE

what type of fuel did this vehicle use? Regular (87-88.9 Octane) ...... 01

Mid-grade (89-90.9 Octane) .... 02

Premium (91 or Greater Octane) 03

LEADED GASOLINE ........... 04

ETHANOL BLEND (Gasohol) .... 05

NATURAL GAS .............. 06

PROPANE .................. 07

ALCOHOL .................. 08

OTHER: (Specify) ............ 21

DONT KNOW ............... 96

N-13. When fuel was purchased for this vehicle during FULL-SERVICE ................ 1

the past year, was most of the fuel purchased at SELF-SERVICE ............... 2

full-service pumps or self-service pumps? (IF BOTH EQUALLY ............... 3

•MINI-SERVICE,' RECORD AS SELF-SERVICE.) OTHER: (Specify) ............. 5

DONT KNOW ................ 6

N-14. Did you get this vehicle within the past 12 months WITHIN PAST 12

or did you get ft before that? (CIRCLE ONE, THEN MONTHS ............ 1

ASK APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION) BEFORE THAT ......... 2-> [N-17]

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-4
Form E1A-4S7A (1993)

N-10.

N-11.

N-12.

N-13.

N-14.

VEHICLE #1

FRONT WHEEL - . 1 

REAR WHEEL ... 2 

4 WHEEL ....... 3

5

DONT KNOW ... 6

S28

CARBURETOR ... 1 

FUEL INJECTION . 2 

DIES£L~>[N-13] . 3 

ELECTRiC->[N-14] 4

5

DONT KNOW ... 6

929

UNLEADED GAS 

Reg. (87-88.9 oct).01 

Mid. (89-90.9 oct). 02 

Prem. (91 4- oct) . 03

LEADED GAS .... 04 

ETHANOL BND . . 05 

NATURAL GAS ..06 

PROPANE ...... 07

ALCOHOL ...... 08

OTHER->[N-14] .21

DONT KNOW ... 96

930-31

FULL SERVICE ... 1 

SELF SERVICE .. 2 

BOTH ......... 3

e

DONT KNOW ... 6

S32

WITHIN 12 MNTHS 1 

BEFORE- >[N-1 7] 2

633

VEHICLE #2

FRONT WHEEL ... 1 

REAR WHEEL .... 2 

4 WHEEL ........ 3

. 5

DONT KNOW .... 6

1004

CARBURETOR .... 1 

FUEL INJECTION . . 2 

DIESEL->[N-13] . . 3 

ELECTR!C->[N-14] 4 

. 5

DONT KNOW .... 6 

7005

UNLEADED GAS 

Reg. (87-88.9 oct). 01 

Mid. (89-90.9 oct). 02 

Prem. (91 + oct) . , 03

LEADED GAS .... 04 

ETHANOL BND .. 05 

NATURAL GAS . . 06 

PROPANE ...... 07

ALCOHOL ...... 08

OTHER->[N-14] . 21

DONT KNOW ... 96

1005-07

FULL SERVICE .... 1 

SELF SERVICE ... 2 

BOTH .......... 3

c

DONT KNOW .... 6

7008

WITHIN 12 MNTHS. 1 

BEFORE->[N-17] . 2

1008

VEHICLE #3

FRONT WHEEL .. 1 

REAR WHEEL ... 2 

4 WHEEL ....... 3

5

DONT KNOW ... 6

1079

CARBURETOR ... 1 

FUEL INJECTION . 2 

DIESEL->[N-13] . 3 

ELECTRiC->[N-14j 4 

5

DONT KNOW ... 6

7080

UNLEADED GAS 

Reg. (87-88.9 oct)D1 

Mid. (89-90.9 oct).Q2 

Prem. (91 + oct) . 03

LEADED GAS ... 04 

ETHANOL BND . 05 

NATURAL GAS . 06 

PROPANE ..... 07

ALCOHOL ..... 08

OTHER->[N-14] 21

DONT KNOW .. 96

1081-82

FULL SERVICE ... 1 

SELF SERVICE . . 2 

BOTH ......... 3

C \J

DONT KNOW ... 6

7083

WITHIN 12 MNTHS 1 

BEFORE->[N-17] 2

1084

VEHICLE #4

FRONT WHEEL ... 1 

REAR WHEEL .... 2 

4 WHEEL ........ 3

. 5

DONT KNOW .... 6

116S

CARBURETOR .... 1 

FUEL INJECTION . . 2 

D1ESEL->[N-13] . . 3 

ELECTRIC->[N-14] 4 

. 5

DONT KNOW .... 6

1166

UNLEADED GAS 

Reg. (87-88.9 oct). 01 

Mid. (89-90.9 oct). 02 

Prem. (91 + oct) . .03

LEADED GAS .... 04 

ETHANOL BND , . 05 

NATURAL GAS . . 06 

PROPANE ...... 07

ALCOHOL ...... 08

OTHER->[N-14] . 21

DONT KNOW ... 96

1 167-68

FULL SERVICE .... 1 

SELF SERVICE ... 2 

BOTH .......... 3

e

DONT KNOW .... 6

1169

WITHIN 12 MNTHS . 1 

BEFORE->[N-17] . 2

1770

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1994 R.TECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-5
Form EIA-457A (1S93)

QUESTION

IF 'WITHIN PAST 12 MONTHS," ASK: MONTH ......................

i—————————————————————~~——~ 

N-1 5. In what month and year did you get YEAR ........................

it?___________ _______________________ ______

i N-16. Approximately how many miles has it MILES .......................

| been driven since you obtained it?

IF 'BEFORE THAf7^sl<r~

———————————————————————__—. MILES PAST 12 MOS. ...........

N-17. Approximately how many miles has it

___been driven in the past 12 months?___ __________

N-18. What is your best estimate of the average miles

per gallon (MPG) for this vehicle? MPG ........................

DON'T KNOW ................ 6

N-19. Please look at Exhibit N-19. What is the basis FUEL PURCHASE LOG ......... 1

for your estimate of miles per gallon? COMPUTER .................. 2

ADVERTISED ................. 3

ROUGH ESTIMATE ............ 4

DON'T KNOW ................ 6

N-20. What is the sex of the household member who FEMALE ..................... 1

usually drives this vehicle? MALE ....................... 2

DONT KNOW DRIVER .......... 6

N-21. What is the approximate age of the household

member who usually drives this vehicle? AGE .........................

DONT KNOW AGE ............ 96

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-6
Form E1A-457A (1993)

N-15.

N-16.

N-17.

N-18.

N 1Q

N-20.

N-21.

VEHICLE #1

MONTH

YEAR

934-37

MILES

838-42

MILES

943-47

MPG

DK->[N-20} .... 96

943-49

LOG ........... 1

COMPUTER ..... 2

ADVERTISED .... 3

ESTIMATE ...... 4

DON'T KNOW ... 6

050

FEMALE ....... 1

MALE .......... 2

DON'T KNOW ... 6 

851

AGE

DON'T KNOW ... 96

852-53

VEHICLE #2

MONTH 

YEAR

1010-13

MILES

1014-18

MILES

1019-23

DK->[N-20] ... 96

7024-25

LOG ........... 1

COMPUTER ..... 2

ADVERTISED .... 3

ESTIMATE ...... 4

DON'T KNOW ... 6

J026

FEMALE ........ 1

MALE .......... 2

DON'T KNOW ... 6 

1027

AGE 

DONT KNOW . . 96

7028-29

VEHICLE #3.

MONTH

YEAR

1 085-88

MILES

7089-93

MILES

1 094-98

MPG 

DK->[N-20] ... 96

7099-7700

LOG ........... 1

COMPUTER ..... 2

ADVERTISED .... 3

ESTIMATE ...... 4

DONT KNOW ... 6

7707

FEMALE ........ 1

MALE .......... 2

DONT KNOW ... 6

7702

AGE 

DON'T KNOW . . 96

7703-04

VEHICLE #4

MONTH 

YEAR

7 77? -74

MILES

->[N-18]

1? 75-79

MILES

7780-84

MPG

DK->[N-20] .... 96

7785-86

LOG ............ 1

COMPUTER ...... 2

ADVERTISED ..... 3

ESTIMATE ....... 4

DON'T KNOW .... 6

7787

FEMALE ......... 1

MALE ........... 2

DONT KNOW .... 6

7788

AGE

DONT KNOW ... 96

7789-90

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-
Form EIA-457A (1993)

QUESTION

N-22. Please look at Exhibit N-22. Where is this vehicle GARAGE .................... 1

usually parked at home? CARPORT ................... 2

DRIVEWAY................... 3

STREET ..................... 4

PARKING LOT ................ 5

PARKING GARAGE ............ 6

IT VARIES ................... 7

OTHER: (Specify)_________ 8

N-23. Other than commuting, is this vehicle used for YES ........................ 1

business purposes? NO ........................ 0

DONT KNOW ................ 6

IF USED FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, ASK:

;—————————————————————————— PERCENT .....................

N-24. What percent of total miles is for business DONT KNOW ............... 96

purposes?

N-25. Is this vehicle owned or leased by your NO ........................ 0

employer? DONT KNOW ................ 6

IF 'YES" ON N-25, ASK: POUCE/FIRE . . ."7777777TM. .... 1

i————————————————————— OTHER GOVERNMENT ......... 2

| N-26. Please look at Exhibit N-26. TAXI ........................ 3

| How would you best describe UTILITY COMPANY ............ 4

the organization or business SALES ...................... 5

| that owns or leases this vehicle? AUTO DEALER ................ 6

	.OTHER BUSINESS ............. 7

YES 7777777777777777~T

N-27. Is this vehicle refueled at a central site? NO ........................ 0

DONT KNOW ................ 6

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Form EIA-457A (1933)

VEHICLE #2

VCniWU. ir , (

N-22. GARAGE ....... 1 GARAGE ........ 1 GARAGE ........ 1 GARAGE ........

CARPORT ...... 2 CARPORT ....... 2 CARPORT ....... 2 CARPORT ....... 

DRIVEWAY ...... 3 C

STREET ........ 4 £ 

PARKING LOT ... 5 F 

PARKING GARAGE 6 F 

VARIES ........ 7 \

8

954

N-23. YES ........... 1 

NO->lN-28] .... 0 

DON'T KNOW ... 6

955 

N-24.

DON'T KNOW . . 96 

956-57

N-25. YES ........... 1 

NO->[N-28] .... 0 

DK->[N-28] .... 6

SS&

N-26. POUCE/FIRE .... 1 

OTHER GOVN . . . J

TAXI ........... C 

UTIL COMPANY . . t

;ARPORT ....... z .

JRIVEWAY ....... 3 C

STREET ......... 4 £ 

'ARKING LOT .... 5 F 

'ARKING GARAGE 6 F 

/ARIES ......... 7 \

7030

YES ............ 1 

NO->[N-28] . 0

DON'T KNOW .... 6

1031

DON'T KNOW ... 96

1032-33 

vpq 1

NO~>[N-28] ..... 0

DK->{N-28] ... 6

1034

POLlCE/FiRE , , 1 

1 OTHER GOVN . . . . i 

1 TAX! ............ C

\ UTiL COMPANY, . . . <

SALES ......... b orti_co .......... 

AUTO DEALER ... 6 AUTO DEALER .... 

OTHR BUSINESS . 7 OTHR BUSINESS . .

959 10:

N-27. YES ........... 1 YES ............

NO ........... ~ 

DON'T KNOW . . .

»

C NO ............ 

6 DONT KNOW ....

60 to

*Aiirum ....... a. - 

JR1VEWAY . , 3D 

1TREET ......... 4 S

'ARK1NG LOT .... 5 P 

'ARK1NG GARAGE 6 F 

/ARIES ......... 7 \

7705

NO->[N-28] 0 

DONT KNOW .... 6

7706

DONT KNOW ... 96

7707-08 

YES .,..,....,.. 1

NO->[N-28] 0 

DK->[N-28] 6

tt09

POUCE/FIRE 1 

I OTHER GOVN .... 2 

5 TAX! ............ S

\ UTIL COMPANY . ..* 

5 SALES .......... S

5 AUTO DEALER . . . . ( 

7 OTHR BUSINESS . . '

5 in 

1 YES ............

0 NO ............ 

6 DON'T KNOW ....

36 7?

RIVEWAY ....... 

TREET .........

ARKJNG LOT .... 

"ARKING GARAGE 

VARIES ........

res ...........

NO->[N-28]

DONT KNOW

1 

.2

3 

. 4

. 5 

. 6 

7 

. 8

7797 

. . 1

0 

. . 6

7792

DONT KNOW

1193-94

YES ............. 1

NO->[N-28]

DK->[N-28] 

PHI soF/csnp

OTHER GOVN

TAXI ..........

\ UTIL COMPANY . 

j SALES ........

5 AUTO DEALER 

7 OTHR BUSINESS

0

1 YES ......... 

0 NO .........

6 DONT KNOW 

f

, . U

7785 

. . . 1

. . . 2

. . . 3

. . . 4 

. . . 5

e

... 7

7796

1 

. . . . 0

6

7197

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Form EIA-457A (1993)

QUESTION

N-28. Is the vehicle here now? (CiRCLE ANSWER, 

APPROPRIATE FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.)

YES VEHICLE ..... 1

NO .................. 0->[N29]

IF "YES,1 READ:

would like to get the Vehicle Identification Number and odometer reading directly from the vehicle. 

I'll do that at the end of the interview. Do you know what a Vehicle Identification Number or VIN is? 

(IF DONT KNOW, EXPLAIN VJN BY SHOWING EXHIBIT N-3Q, THEN, ASK QUESTIONS N-3 THRU 

N-30 FOR NEXT VEHICLE.

N-29. ODOMETER READING

RECORD FROM OBSERVATION OR ASK IF "NO 

ON N-28.: Approximately what Is the odometer 

reading for this vehicle? RECORD WHETHER 

ACTUAL OR ESTIMATE

ODOMETER

Actual Reading ............. 1

Estimate .................. 2

DONT KNOW ................ 6

N-30. VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I would like to get the Vehicle identification Number 

or VIN Number for this vehicle. Do you know what 

the VIN Number is? OF DONT KNOW, EXPLAIN VIN 

BY SHOWING EXHIBIT N-30.)

RECORD FROM OBSERVATION OR ASK IF 'NO 

ON N-28: Do you have any records that may 

contain the VIN Number such as an insurance 

card, registration, title, or bill of sale?

VIN FROM OBSERVATION ....... 4

VIN FROM RECORDS .......... 5

VIN REFUSED ................ 7

VIN NOT OBTAINED ............ 8

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Form E1A-457A (1993)

VEHICLE #1

N-28. HERE ......... 1

NO->[N-29J .... 0

95?

VEHICLE #2

HERE .......... 1

NO->[N-29] ..... 0

1037

VEHICLE #3

rH€Rir~77T

NO->[N-2!

....... 1

3] .....0

Tf12

L___ VEHICLE #4

HERE ........... 1

NO-~>[N-29] ...... 0

1198

'•••: • .' . ':M^imi: \!Mm fllfe:- . : . ^i^-iii-^ •••, 1 .

?£ ;•' ^^|?^Wv^^ ^ . : : S^llpS^lii?^ A ;??^^^IH^V . 1799-1204

N-29.

N-30.

(Circle One) 

ACTUAL ........ 1

ESTIMATE ...... 2 

DONT KNOW ... 6

968

OBSERVATION . . 4 

RECORDS ...... 5 

REFUSED ...... 7

NOT OBTAINED . . 8 

GET VIN #, 

WRITE IN 

NEXT PAGE

V

969

(Circle One) 

ACTUAL ......... 1

ESTIMATE ....... 2

DONT KNOW .... 6

1044

OBSERVATION ... 4 

RECORDS ....... 5

REFUSED ....... 7

NOT OBTAINED ... 8 

GET VIN #, 

WRITE IN 

NEXT PAGE

I

I 

i

1045

(Circle

ACTUAL 

ESTIMATE 

DONT KNC

OBSERVA1 RECORDS

REFUSED 

NOT OBTA 

GETN 

WRIT 

NEXT

sOne) 

....... 1

....... 2

5W .... 6

T1J9

'ION ... 4 

....... 5

....... 7

INED ... 8 

/IN #, 

FEIN 

PAGE

r 

1120

(Circle One) 

ACTUAL .......... 1

ESTIMATE ........ 2

DON'T KNOW ..... 6

T205

OBSERVATION .... 4 

RECORDS ........ 5

REFUSED ........ 7

NOT OBTAINED .... 8 

GET VIN #, 

WRITE IN 

NEXT PAGE

I

! 

V

7206

93

1994RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-- Jl
Form E1A-457A (1993)

VIN #1:

970 UtiS

ViN #2

1048 . 1062 

VIN #3

1121 1137 

VIN #4

7207 7223

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-12
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March 2, 1994

5-5- 6-6- 7~Resident 

8- 

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Dear 4-4- 7~Friend:

Thank you for your recent participation in the nationwide 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey 

(REGS) conducted by Response Analysis Corporation for the United States Department of Energy. 

Through your cooperation and that of other households like yours, the Department of Energy receives 

valuable data that enables them to evaluate national energy trends and to plan for our nation's future 

energy needs.

To ensure that we have complete and accurate information for your household, we are contacting you with 

an important request that will take only a few minutes of your time. We are missing an actual odometer 

reading and/or a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) for one or more of your household's vehicles. We 

need information only for the vehicle(s) described on the yellow card. For each vehicle, please record 

the information (odometer reading or VIN) only where indicated by an "X" or a "/" in the box (O). Refer 

to the top of the yellow card for further information.

When you are finished filling in the requested information, tear off the bottom half of the yellow card and 

drop this postcard in the mail. You don't need a stamp we have already paid for the postage.

The RECS is authorized by and is being conducted under the Federal Energy Information Act of 1974 

(Public Law 93-275), as amended, and the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Your continued participation in 

the study is voluntary; please remember, however, that your identity and any information you provide will 

be kept strictly confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974.

If you have any questions, 'please call me toll-free at I (800) 888-9213. If you would like to speak with 

someone at the Department of Energy, please call Stephanie Battles at 1 (202) 586-7237. To save 

taxpayers' money, she will take your name and phone number and call you right back. Thank you again 

for making this valuable research a success!

Sincerely,

Jim Devlin 

Project Manager

Enclosure

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-i:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE INFORMATION CARD

During your interview, we were unable to obtain the odometer reading (total mileage) and/or Vehicle Identification Number 

(VIN) for one or more of your household's vehicles. We now need your help in making our records complete. We have 

placed a checkmark in the box next to each missing item. Please record this information, then detach and return the 

bottom portion of this card (we pay the postage) as soon as possible. We really appreciate your help. Following are a 

few questions that you may have - and their answers.

"Which of my vehicles do you need this information for?*

We need information only for vehicles that are described inJhe box on the card below. 

"What information do you need for each of my vehicles?*

The missing information that we need you to supply for a vehicle is indicated by a " / " or' X ° in the box below. 

We are asking you to supply only the information that we were not able to collect during your interview.

'How exact an odometer reading do you want?

It is very important that you actually go to the vehicle and take an exact mileage reading from the odometer. 

'What exactly is a VIN? Why do you need it. . . and where do I find ft?*

Every vehicle is assigned a VIN (Vehicle identification Number) at the factory. The VIN contains encoded 

information about the vehicle's characteristics - such as engine size and type of transmission. We use your 

vehicle's VIN to get this information, which we'll then use to calculate the iuel efficiency of vehicles iike yours. You 

can find the VIN at the base of the windshield in front of the steering wheef (look through the wrrtdshieid from the 

outside), on the driver's side door post or door sill, or on certain Motor Vehicle Department documents (such as 

the vehicle title or registration).

PLEASE TEAR OFF CARD BELOW AT PERFORATION BEFORE MAILING

United States Department of Energy - 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey

VEHICLE INFORMATION CARD

Location Number: Housing Unit Number:

During your interview, we were unable to get the odometer reading (total mileage) and/or Vehicle Identification Number 

(VIN) for each vehicle described in the box below. As soon as possible, please provide the information indicated by the 

checked box or boxes. Please print the information on the blank lines below. After you are finished with the card, simply 

drop it in the mail -- NO POSTAGE IS NECESSARY.

PLEASE PROVIDE THE MISSING INFORMATION FOR THE ITEMS CHECKED BELOW.

VEH

VEH

VEH

VEH

Year: 19 Make: Model:

D Odometer Reading:

Year: 19 Make:

D Odometer Reading:

D Vehicle ID Num (VIN):

Model:

n Vehicle ID Num (VIN):

Year: 19 Make: Model:

D Odometer Reading: n Vehicle ID Num (VIN):

Year: 19 Make: Model: ______ _____

O Odometer Reading: n Vehicle ID Num (VINl:

It you have any questions, please call Jim Devlln, toll-free, at 1 (800) 950-7654. Thank You!

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-14
Form EIA-457B (1993)

How do you pay for your air-conditioning 

costs?

1 O We pay directly to the gas or electric company

2 D The cost is included in the rent for our home 

(house or apartment)

3 O Other (SPECIFY):_______________

(143)

15. How do you pay for your electricity costs 

for lighting and household appliances 

other than air-conditioning?

1 D We pay directly to the electric company

2 D The cost is included in the rent for our home 

(house or apartment)

3 D Other (SPECIFY):_______________

(144)

Vehicles

16. How many cars, trucks, vans, motor homes, or 

similar vehicles do you or other members of 

your household own or have the regular use 

of? (Include station wagons, passenger vans, 

cargo vans, jeeps, or similar vehicles and 

company vehicles kept at home. Do not count 

motorcycles or mopeds.)

Number of vehicles

0 D None (If "None," please skip to question 22.)

(145-46)

Please describe each car, truck, van, motor home, or similar vehicle below. If you have more than five vehicles, 

describe the five used most by your household.

17. VEHICLE #1 

Make:

Model Name:

Model Year: 19

Type:

01 DCar 

 02 O Station wagon

03 D Large van

04 D Mini van 

~ 05 D Pickup truck

06 D Sport-utility vehicle 

21 D Other (SPECIFY):.

(147-78)

18. VEHICLE #2 

Make:

Model Name:

Mode! Year: 19

Type:

01 DCar

02 D Station wagon 

" 03 D Large van 

...... 04 D Mini van

05 D Pickup truck

06 D Sport-utility vehicle 

21 D Other (SPECIFY):.

(17S-210)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-15
Form EIA-457B (1S93)

19. VEHICLE #3

Make:

Mode] Name: _ 

Mode! Year: 19

20. VEHICLE #4

Make:

Model Name: _ 

Model Year: 19

21. VEHICLE #5

Make:

Model Name: _ 

Model Year: 19

Type:

01 D Car

~ 02 D Station wagon

03 D Large van

04 D Mini van

05 D Pickup truck

06 D Sport-utility vehicle 

21 D Other (SPECIFY):,

Type:

01 DCar 

~~ 02 D Station wagon

03 D Large van

04 D Mini van

05 D Pickup truck

06 O Sport-utility vehicle 

21 D Other (SPECIFY):_

Type:

01 DCar

 02 D Station wagon 

_ 03 D Large van

04 O Mini van

05 D Pickup truck

06 D Sport-utiiity vehicle 

21 D Other (SPECIFY):,

AJ1 information is confidential.

For Statistical Pnurposes

(211-42)

(243-74)

(275-306)

22. How many people live in your household,

including yourself? (Please count children as 

well as adults. Include all members of your 

household whether or not they are related to you.)

23. What is the age of the head of your household?

(307-08)

Number of people in household

(309-TO;

Age (years)

24. What is the gender of the head of your 

household?

1 D Female

2 D Male

(311)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-16
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSEMBLING MID-YEAR MAILINGS

There are two cells of households to which we will mail RTECS mid-year materials: telephone 

households and mail households. The mailings should be assembled separately for the respective 

groups. Following is a list of materials that are needed to assemble the mailings for each group.

The packages for the telephone households should be assembled before those for mail households.

VERY IMPORTANT; There is a four-digit household ID number on the address and vehicle 

labels. When assembling the mailings, the person or persons doing the assembly should always 

check that the HHID numbers on all of the labels match.

TELEPHONE HOUSEHOLDS

/ Address Labels, Mailing Envelope, One per household was printed without a 

telephone number. Affix to the center of the mailing envelope. All should be used 

when the mailings have all been assembled. Anne W. 'will be printing these. The 

blank labels care on the shelf between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

/ Mealing Envelope. Affix a mailing address label to the center of the envelope 

Stuff these as described below. Do not seal. There are seven boxes of these (in 

two stacks) in the halhvay outside of Tabatha's office.

/ Address Labels, Vehicle Update Worksheet One per household was printed with 

a telephone number. Affix to the bottom-center of the cover of the pink Vehicle 

Update Worksheet. Anne W. will be printing these. The blank labels are on the 

shelf between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

/ Vehicle Labels. For almost all households, there will be one per household. Stick 

it in the open space before Q. 1 on Page 2 of the pink Vehicle Update Worksheet. 

Caution: One to two dozen households may have more than one vehicle label. For 

these cases, use a second pink Vehicle Update Worksheet. Put these packages aside 

and give them to Adrian separately as they may need additional postage. A nne W. 

will be printing these. The blank labels are on the shelf between Lauren's and 

Anne's offices.

/ Vehicle Update Worksheet (fink). Affix an address label for the vehicle update 

worksheet (with the phone number) to the bottom-center of the cover; stick a vehicle 

label in the open space above Q. 1. There are two boxes of these in the hallway 

outside of Tabatha's office.

/ DOE Letter, Telephone Households. Be sure that the correct letter is being used; 

the two DOE letters practically identical. One per mailing. These are currently on 

the shelf between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

Please put the letter on top of the pink vehicle update worksheet when they are stuffed into the

envelope. 1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-17
HOUSEHOLDS

/ Address Labels, Mailing Envelope, Same as for Telephone Households, except, of 

course, for a different group of households.

/ Mealing Envelope, Same as for Telephone Households.

/ Address Labels, Vehicle Update Form, One per household was printed; however, 

there are no telephone numbers to print on these. Affix to the bottom-center of the 

cover of the white Vehicle Update Form. Anne W. will be printing these. The 

blank labels are on the shelf between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

/ Vehicle Labels, For almost all households, there will be one per household. Stick 

it in the open space before Q. 1 on Page 2 of the white Vehicle Update Form. 

Caution: A few'households may have more than one vehicle label. For these cases, 

use a second white Vehicle Update Form. Put these packages aside and give them 

to Adrian separately as they may need additional postage. Anne W. will be printing 

these. The blank labels are on the shelf between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

/ Vehicle Update Form (White). Affix an address label for the vehicle update form 

to the bottom-center of the cover; stick a vehicle label in the open space above Q. 

1. There is a small box of these in the hallway outside of Tabatlta's office.

/ DOE Letter, Meal Households. Be sure that the correct letter is being used; the two 

DOE letters practically identical. One per mailing. These are currently on the shelf 

between Lauren's and Anne's offices.

/ Business-Reply Envelopes. One per household. These are currently on the shelf 

between Lauren's and Anne's offices on the top shelf.

Please put the letter on top of the business-reply envelope aad white vehicle update form when 

they are stuffed into the envelope.

DELIVERING THE MAILINGS TO THE MAILROOM

Please take whatever mailings have been assembled to the mailroom around 2:30 p.m. so that 

Adrian has enough time to get them sealed and stamped for the messenger. At 3:30 p.m., take 

whatever mailings have been assembled since 2:30 to the mailroom so Adrian can get those out 

as well.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-18
Washington, DC 20585

July 1994

Thank You!

Last winter you participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's 

(DOE) Residential Energy Consumption Survey (REGS). In conjunction 

with the REGS, DOE also conducts the Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS), which concentrates on energy 

used for personal transportation. This RTECS information, when 

linked with the energy consumption used in the home (from the 

RECS), provides information on all energy used in the residential 

sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data collection 

contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed 

worksheet. It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the 

worksheet, please return it in the enclosed postage paid envelope.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden.) 

No information linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

'Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin of. 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank .you again for your 

cooperation.

Sincerely,

jrtK rCi, \ \o*W

2 Enclosures

Lynda T. Carlson

Director, Energy end Use ana

Integrated Statistics Division 

Energy Information Administration

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-19
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal use to help the Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household and we have 

concluded our planned contacts with your household, all information 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of Energy will receive,, only your_answers ; not your 

name or address. Your answers will be screened to protect your 

identity; neither the Department of Energy, nor_. any other 

Government agency, will _be able to lc^a_tg_.your. household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 15 minutes for the 

telephone interview and completion of the enclosed form.

Send comments- regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of -information, including suggestions 

for reducing this'burden to:

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-20
Form EIA-876B (1994) Form Approval 

OMB No: 1905-0068 

Expires: 01/31/97

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION 

ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

VEHICLE UPDATE FORM

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE 

RETURN THE FORM TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, c/o RESPONSE 

ANALYSIS CORPORATION, BOX 7335, PRINCETON, NJ 08543-9967, USING THE 

ENCLOSED SELF-ADDRESSED, BUSINESS-REPLY ENVELOPE.

This survey is voluntary and is authorized under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93- 

275), as amended. Information about specific households will be kept strictly confidential. The data will be 

screened to protect the identity of individual households and summarized within large groupings for statistical 

purposes. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes. Send comments regarding 

public reporting burden to: Energy Information Administration, Office of Statistical Standards, El-73, Mail Stop 

2F-081,1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-21
EiA-876B (1994)

UPDATE

We are now halfway through the survey year for the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey. 

We need to make sure that we have current information about the vehicles in your household.

When we last contacted you, you had the vehicles described beiow:

QUESTION 1: Does your household still have the use of all of the vehicles listed above?

D YES, STILL HAVE ALL VEHICLES > SKIP TO QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PA GE 

D NO > ANSWER QUESTIONS "A " THROUGH "C" FOR EACH VEHICLE DISPOSED OF.

If you disposed of only one vehicle, put your answers in Column I. 

If you disposed of a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE DISPOSITION QUESTIONS

QUESTION

A. Which vehicle do you no 

longer have?

B. When did you sell 01 

dispose of it? (GIVE 

YOUR BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What was the odometer 

leading (total mileage) when 

the vehicle was sold or 

disposed of? (GIVE YOUR

BEST ESTIMATE)

COLUMN 1

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

(Odometer Reading) 

Q Don't Know

COLUMN 2

Year: 19 

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

Q Don't

(Odometer Reading) 

Know

 NOW CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PAGE >

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-22
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 2: Has your household bought or acquired any cars, trucks, vans, jeeps, sport-uuiiry vehicles, 

or similar vehicles that are not listed on the label on the facing page? Please do not include 

motorcycles, mopeds, heavy trucks, antique or race vehicles, or any vehicles used soleh[ for 

business purposes.

D NO, HAVE NOT BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANY OTHER VEHICLE 

 > CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 3 ON THE NEXT PA GE

D YES, HAVE BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANOTHER VEHICLE

 > PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS "A" THROUGH "D" BELOW 

FOR EA CH VEHICLE BOUGHT OR A CQUIRED.

If you acquired only one vehicle, put your answers in Column 1. 

If you acquired a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE ACQUISITION QUESTIONS

QUESTION

A. Please give the year, make

name, and model name of 

the acquired vehicle.

B. What was the date on which

your household acquired the 

vehicle? (GIVE YOUR

BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What is the current 

odometer reading (total

mileage) of this vehicle? 

(PLEASE OBTAIN THIS 

FROM THE ODOMETER 

ON THE VEHICLE)

D. What was the date on which

you recorded this odometer 

reading (total mileage)?

COLUMN 1

Year: 19

Maks:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

(Odometer Reading) 

Q Don't Know

Month:

Day:

COLUMN 2

Year: 19

Make:

Model;

Month:

Dav:

Year:

(Odometer Reading) 

D Don't Know

Month:

Dav:

NOW CONTINUE WITH QUESTIONS 3 AND 4 ON THE NEXT PAGE >

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-23
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 3; Please look at the address label on the first page of this form. Does it show your correct 

mailing address?

D YES --> PLEASE TO QUESTION 4 BELOW.

D NO > IF ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, PLEASE WRITE THE CORRECT ADDRESS BELOW.

a STREET ADDRESS: ________ ______

. CITY/STATE: ________________________ ZIP CODE: 

When did you move to this address? 

MONTH and YEAR: ________

QUESTION 4: ' Finally, is there a possibility that your household will move any time within 1994?

D NO > THIS FORM IS COMPLETE SKIP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

PLEASE RETURN THE FORM USING THE ENCLOSED RETURN ENVELOPE

D YES, DEFINITELY > PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW. 

D POSSIBLY > PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW.

QUESTION 4A: On what date are you or might you be moving?

MONTH/DAY OR APPROXIMATE DATE ___________________________ 

D DON'T KNOW

QUESTION 4B: What will your new address be? (If you're not sure, please give the name and address of 

a relative or friend who will know how to reach you.)

STREET ADDRESS: _______________________________ APT #: _______ 

CITY, STATE: _______________________, _____ ZIP CODE: ________

PHONE NUMBER: (______) _________- ________

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE RETURN TOE 

FORM TO THE U. S. DEPAKIMENT OF ENERGY, c/o RESPONSE ANALYSIS 

CORPORATION, BOX 7335, PRMCETON, NJ 08543-9967, USING THE ENCLOSED SELFTHANK YOU! RT94-04 . . . 061594

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-24
Washington, DC 20585

August 1994 

Thank You!

Last winter you participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's 

(DOE) Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). In conjunction 

with the RECS, DOE also conducts the Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) , which concentrates on energy 

used for personal transportation. This RTECS information, when 

linked with the energy consumption used in the home (from the 

RECS), provides information on all energy used in the residential 

sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data collection 

contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed 

worksheet. It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the 

worksheet, please keep it near your telephone. We will be calling 

you in the next few weeks to get the information from the 

worksheet.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden.) 

No information linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin of 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank you again for your 

cooperation.

ij.ncerely,

Lynda T. Carlson

Director, Energy End Use and

Integrated Statistics Division 

Energy Information Administration

Enclosure 1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-25
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal use to help the Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household and we have 

concluded our planned contacts with your household, all information 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of Energy will receive only your answers, not your 

name or address.,. Your, answers will be screened to ..protect your 

identity; neither the Department of Energy, nor any__ other 

Government agency, will be able to.,locate your household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 10 minutes for the 

completion of the enclosed form.

Send comments regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions 

for reducing this burden to: .

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-26
Form EIA-876B (1994) Form Approval 

OMB No: 1905-0068 

Expires: 01/31/97

ENERGY ADMINISTRATION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION 

 ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET 

NEAR YOUR TELEPHONE. WE WILL BE CALLING YOU IN A WEEK OR TWO TO GET THE 

INFORMATION; OR, IF YOU WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PHONE, CALL JTM DEVLIN TOLL-FREE 

AT 1 (800) 888-9213.

PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET BY YOUR TELEPHONE - EVEN IF YOU HAVE 

NOT HAD ANY VEHICLE CHANGES.

This survey is voluntary sad is authorized under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93- 

275), as amended. Information about specific households will be kept strictly confidential. The data will be 

screened to protect the identity of individual households and summarized within large groupings for statistical 

purposes. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes. Send comments regarding 

public reporting burden to: Energy Information Administration, Office of Statistical Standards, El-73, Mail Stop 

2F-081,1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, and" Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-27
EIA-876B (1994)

VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET

We are now halfway through the survey year for the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survev 

We need to make sure that we have current information about the vehicles in your household.

When we last contacted you, you had the vehicles described below:

QUESTION 1: Does your household still have the use of all of the vehicles listed above0

D YES, STILL HAVE ALL VEHICLES > SKIP TO QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PA GE 

D NO > ANSWER QUESTIONS "A " THROUGH "C" FOR EA CH VEHICLE DISPOSED OF.

If you disposed of only one vehicle, put your answers in Column 1. 

If you disposed of a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE DISPOSITION QUESTIONS

QOTESHON

A. Which vehicle do you no

longer have?

B. When did you sell or

dispose of it? (GIVE 

YOUR BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What was the odometer 

reading (total mileage) when

the veiuclo was sold or 

disposed of? (GIVE YOUR 

BEST ESTIMATE)

COLUMN I

Year. 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

(^Oaometei Reading) 

D Don't Know

COLUMN 2

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

^V-XAOliitJVtiJL il.ii<itAiii.J£;

O Don't Know

NOW CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PAGE ———>

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-28
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 2: Has your household bought or acquired any cars, trucks, vans, jeeps, sport-utility vehicles, 

or similar vehicles that are not listed on the label on the facing page? Please do not include 

motorcycles, mopeds, heavy trucks, antique or race vehicles, or any vehicles used sojd_v for 

business purposes.

D NO, HAVE NOT BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANY OTHER VEHICLE 

 > CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 3 ON THE NEXT PA GE

D YES, HAVE BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANOTHER VEHICLE

 > PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS "A" THROUGH "D" BELOW 

FOR EA CH VEHICLE BOUGHT OR A CQUIRED.

If you acquired only one vehicle, put your answers in Column 1. 

If you acquired a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE ACQUISITION QUESTIONS

QUESTION

A. Please give the year, make

name, and model name of 

the acquired vehicle.

B. What was the date on which

your household acquired the 

vehicle? (GIVE YOUR

BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What is the current 

odometer reading (total

mileage) of this vehicle? 

(PLEASE OBTAIN THIS 

FROM THE ODOMETER 

ON THE VEHICLE.)

D. What was the date on which

you recorded this odometer 

reading (total mileage)?

COLUMN 1

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Dav:

Year:

(Odometer Reading) 

D Don't Know

Month:

Dav:

COLUMN 2

Year. 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year:

(Odometer Reading) 

D Don't Know

Month:

Dav:

NOW CONTINIJE WITH QUESTIONS 3 AND 4 ON THE NEXT PAGE

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-29
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 3: Please look at the address label on the first page of this form. Does it show your correct 

mailing address?

D YES ---> PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 4 BELOW.

D NO ---> IF ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, PLEASE WRITE THE CORRECT ADDRESS BELOW.

 STREET .ADDRESS:

.CITY/STATE: ________________________ ZIP CODE: 

 When did you move to this address? 

MONTH and YEAR:

QUESTION 4: ' Finally, is there a possibility that your household will move any time within 1994r

D NO > THIS WORKSHEET IS COMPLETE SKIP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. 

PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET NEAR YOUR PHONE

D YES, DEFINITELY -~> PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW. 

D POSSIBLY ---> PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW.

QUESTION 4A: On what date are you or might you be moving? 

MONTH/DAY OR APPROXIMATE DATE _________ 

D DON'T KNOW

QUESTION 4B: What will your new address be?

STREET ADDRESS: ________________________________ APT # 

CITY, STATE: ________________________, _____ ZIP CODE: 

PHONE NUMBER: (______) ______ - ________

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET 

NEAR- YOUR TELEPHONE. WE WILL BE CALLING YOU IN A WEEK OR TWO TO GET THE 

INFORMATION; OR, IF YOU WELL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PHONE, CALL JIM DEVLIN TOLLFREE AT 1 (800) 888-9213.

VEHICLE CHANGES.

THANK YOU! RT94-03 . . . 061594

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-30
Form EIA-876B (1994) Form Approval: 

OMB No. 1905-0068 

Expires: 01/31/97

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

(Mid-Year Telephone Survey)

Call

#

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3

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Date Time

Call Result Code"

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viewer

Notes, Including:

« Contact Person 

» Best Time for Callback 

.«> Appointments 

» Refusals' 

(Remember to write E.S.T. for 

all times recorded)

"Busy - Phone busy

AM - Answering machine

NA -No answer

RA - Valid respondent absent

LB - Language Barrier

DIS - Phone disconnected

OTHER - Other

REF - Refusal

CM - Contact mad

*. IMPORTANT: ALL REFUSALS SHOULD BE 1) SPECIFIED AS "HARD" OR "SOFT," AND

2) DESCRIBED (WRITE REASONS AND STATEMENT.)

ASK FIRST TO SPEAK WITH THE PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE LABEL. IF HE/SHE IS UNAVAILABLE, THE 

INTERVIEW MAY BE COMPLETED WTTH A SPOUSE OR OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

Hello, this is ____________ calling from Response Analysis Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey. We recently sent 

a letter about a special study that the U.S. Department of Energy has asked us to do on energy use for household vehicles.

IF ASKED ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY, READ:

This survey is voluntary and authorized under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended. Information about specific households will be kept strictly confidential. The data will be screened to 

protect the identity of individual households, and summarized within large groupings for statistical purposes.

Printed with soy ink on recycled paper

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-31
Form iiIA-876B

Al. First, I would like to check that we have your correct mailing address. 

Is it . . . ? (READ ADDRESS SHOWN ON LABEL)

[ ] YES -- CONTINUE WITH QUESTION Bl 

[ 3 NO- ASK QUESTIONS A1.AANDA1.B

Al.A IF MAILING ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, WRITE IN THE CORRECT ADDRESS BELOW: 

Street Address: _______________________________ Apt. #________

City, State: _______________________________ ZIP:

ALB When did you move to (ADDRESS NOTED ABOVE)?

Month and Year: ____________________ { ] Didn't Move, just corrected address

NOW CONTINUE WITH QUESTION Bl

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-32
Form BIA-876B (1994) HHID: 9999

il. I have a description of the vehicle[s] mentioned at the time of our most recent contact with 

your household. I would like to verify [this description/these descriptions] with you.

VEHICLE NUMBER

VEHICLE TYPE

MODEL YEAR

MAKE NAME

MODEL NAME

B2. Do you still have 

[READ VEHICLE 

DESCRIPTION IN 

COLUMN 

ABOVE]?

EF "YES" TO Q. B2, , 

IF "NO" TO Q. B2, A

B3. Have I described it 

correctly? [IF 

"NO," MAKE 

CORRECTIONS 

ABOVE]

B4. On what date was 

the vehicle sold or

disposed of?

B5. Just approximately, 

what was the odom 

eter reading (or, 

total miles) on the 

vehicle at the time 

that it was sold or 

disposed of?

1

Car

1994

Mitsubishi

Eclipse

[ ] YES 

[ ] NO

\SK Q. B3. 

SK Qs. B4 and B5.

[ I YES 

t ] NO

MONTH/DAY/YEAR

MILES 

(ODOMETER READING)

[ ] DON'T KNOW

2

Minivan

1994

Nissan

Quest XE

[ ] YES 

[ ] NO

[ ] YES 

[ ] NO

MONTH/DAY/YEAR

MILES 

(ODOMETER READING)

[ ] DON'T KNOW

3

Car

1974

TVR

2500 M

[ ] YES 

[ ] NO

[ ] YES 

[ ] NO

MOMWDAY/YEAR

MILES 

(ODOMETER READING)

[ ] DON'T KNOW

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-33
ETA-376B (1994)

ASK QUESTIONS B6-B8 ONLY IF RESPONDENT REPORTS THAT HE/SHE STILL HAS VEHICLE

NUMBER #1.

QUESTIONS B6-BS ARE ASKED ONLY FOR VEHICLE NUMBER #1.

Thinking about your [READ YEAR, 

MAKE, AND MODEL FOR 

VEHICLE NUMBER #1]:

B6.

B7.

B-8.

What was the price per gallon 

the last time you purchased fuel 

for this vehicle?

What kind of fuel was 

purchased at that time? Diesel, 

unleaded regular, unleaded 

premium, some grade in 

between regular and premium, 

or some other type of fuel? 

(RECORD LEADED 

REGULAR AS "OTHER." AN 

IN-BETWEEN GRADE MAY 

BE CALLED "MIDGRADE," 

"INTERMEDIATE," OR 

"PLUS")

When you last bought fuel for 

this vehicle, did you use fullservice pumps or self-service 

pumps? (RECORD MINISERVICE AS SELFSERVICE)

PRICE 

DON'T KNOW

DIESEL

UNLEADED REGULAR 

UNLEADED PREMIUM 

UNLEADED MIDGRADE 

OTHER (Specify)

DON'T KNOW

FULL-SERVICE

SELF-SERVICE 

(Includes Mini-Service)

OTHER (Specify)

DON'T KNOW

Vehicle Number 1

1

2

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-34
EIA-876B (1994)

Section C:

Cl. Do you or other members of your household 

own or have for your personal use any cars, 

trucks, vans, or similar vehicles, in addition 

to (DESCRIBE VEHICLES LISTED ON 

QUESTION Bl PAGE 3 AND 4 BUT 

DO NOT MENTION AGAIN ANY 

VEHICLES THEY NO LONGER HAVE.)

IF "YES,"ASK:

C2. How many additional vehicles 

do you have?

ASK QUESTIONS C3 AND C4 

FIRST FOR VEHICLE A, 

THEN REPEAT THE TWO 

QUESTIONS FOR VEHICLES 

B,C,AND D.

C3. Please tell me the make, 

model name and year of 

(each/this) vehicle.

C4. What type of vehicle is the 

(READ: YEAR, MAKE, 

AND MODEL FROM Q.C3.) 

(READ CATEGORIES TO 

RESPONDENT IF 

NECESSARY.)

MAKE

DON'T KNOW MAKE 

MODEL NAME

DON'T KNOW MODEL

MODEL YEAR

DON'T KNOW YEAR

PASSENGER CAR

STATION WAGON

LARGE VAN

MINI VAN

PICKUP TRUCK

SPORT-UTILITY

OTHER 

(Specify

DON'T KNOW

1 YES

0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

 -> ASK Q. C2

 > SKIP TO Q. Dl

1 ONE

2 TWO

3 THREE

4 FOUR OR MORE

6 DON'T KNOW

-> ASK Q. C3-C8 for each 

additional vehicle

Vehicle

A

6

6

19

96

I

2

3

4

5

6

21

96

B

6

6

19

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

21

96

C

6

6

1 19

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

21

96

D

6

6

19

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

21

96

a •• 1 ijis. > iii vr t

Q. C3 - A model name may consist of several parts be sure to get the complete name. Here are some examples, where the complete model 

name is in parentheses: Ford (Gaiaxie), Chevrolet (V-10 Suburban), GMC (V-1S Gimmy), Toyota (2WD Cargo Van). If respondent 

does not know the name of a truck, probe for size (1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, etc.).

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-35
ELA-876B (1994)

K Q. C5 - C8 FOR VEHICLE A FIRST, 

.HEN GO TO VEHICLE B, VEHICLE C.AND 

VEHICLE D

C5. In what month and year did you get this 

vehicle?

(READ: YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL 

FROM--Q. C3)

DON'T KNOW MONTH

C6. Do you know the total mileage

(odometer reading) for this vehicle?

IF "YES "to Q C6. ASK:

C7. What is the total mileage (odometer 

reading)?

On what day was that mileage noted?

IF "NO" to Q C6. ASK:

C8. Was the vehicle new when you got it?

ONTH

YEAR

ONTH

YEAR

YES' 

NO

MILES

DATE

YES 

NO

A

19

96 

96

1 

0

Month/Day

1 

0

Vehicle

B

19

96 

96

1 

0

Month/Day

1 

0

C

19

96 

96

1 

0

Month/Day

1 

0

D

19

96 

96

1 

0

Month/Day

1 

0

INTERVIEWER: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ASKED THE FULL SET OF QUESTIONS (Q's. C3-C8) FOR 

EACH ADDITIONAL VEHICLE THE RESPONDENT TOLD YOU ABOUT IN QUESTION C2. THEN 

CONTINUE WITH QUESTION Dl.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-36
EIA-876B (1994)

01. Is there a possibility that your household 

will move any time during the remainder of 

1994?

IF "YES" OR "POSSIBLY," ASK:

D2. When (will/might) you be moving, 

just approximately?

D3. What will your new address be?

NAME:

STREET:

CITY/STATE:. 

PHONE: (

(Area Code)

1 YES, DEFINITELY

2 POSSIBLY ——-_

0 NO —————

Go to Q. D2

-> Go to D4

MONTH/DAY/YEAR

APPROXIMATE TIME PERIOD. 

[ ] DON'T KNOW

[ ] DON'T KNOW

ZIP CODE:

Thank you very much. We appreciate your helping us with this survey. We will be 

contacting you at the end of the year to obtain followup odometer reading(s) for your 

vehicle(s). Have a nice day/evening.

AM 

PM

(Interviewer) (Date Completed) (Time Completed)

INTERVIEWER NOTES:

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-37
RT94-06 

080494

1994 Residential Transportation Enei^y Consumption Ssirvey (RTECS) 

Interviewer Instructions for tihe Mid-Year Questionnaire

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) is conducted every three 

years. It provides the Department of Energy with valuable information about household vehicles. 

significant consumers of residential energy. The RTECS collects information about the nation's 

motor vehicle stock, vehicles miles traveled, and fuel consumption and expenditures.

All RTECS households have granted a personal interview last fall or winter for a survey of 

household energy use called RECS.

We have already gathered a great deal of information about the RTECS households' vehicles as 

a part of the RECS. The mid-year data collection is the first of two contacts we will make with 

RTECS households. We will begin making the final contacts toward the end of 1994; they will 

continue through early 1995.

The purpose of this mid-year contact is to update our information on each household's vehicle 

inventory and to verify present mailing address and phone number.

Both the RTECS and RECS are sponsored by the United States Department of Energy (DOE).

TBE RTECS SAMPLE

The RTECS sample includes approximately 3,100 households selected from those households 

who completed a RECS interview. All of these households have been, to a certain extent, 

cooperative with these energy studies.

For the mid-year RTECS, we will attempt to contact approximately 90% of the households by 

telephone; the other 10% will be contacted by mail (because we do not have a working telephone 

number for them in our database).

1994 RTECS Md-Year Interviewer Instructions, Page i

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-3
DATA COLLECTION MATERIALS

Materials are sent to each household approximately one week prior to the mid-year contact. 

These materials include:

/ A letter from Energy Information Administration asking for the household's 

cooperation; this letter includes a privacy statement.

/ A pink vehicle worksheet. A label showing our most up-to-date record of the 

household's vehicles is affixed to the worksheet. Hie worksheet asks about:

9 household vehicles disposed of

• household vehicles acquired

• accuracy of the household's current address as per our records

« possibility of the household moving before the end of the year.

Examples of these two items are furnished in Appendices A and B at the back of these 

instructions.

CALL RECORD SHEET

Be neat and write legibly when you mark the Call Record Sheet.

CALLING SCHEDULE

Please observe the following calling patterns to RTECS households:

/ Maximum of two weekday/daytime calls (before 6 p.m. local time).

/ At least two weekday/evening attempts out of eight call attempts.

Warning: For the West Coast, "evening" means after 9 p.m. EDT.

/ At least two weekend attempts out of eight attempts.

/ Space your calls at least 2 1/2 hours apart.

/ Vary your calling times. Do not always call at the same time of day.

/ Maximum of two calls on any one day.

Exception: If a specific time is given as the best time to call or the respon 

dent has asked you to call back later in the day.

/ Do not make any calls after 10 p.m. local time unless you were asked to call then.

1994 RTECS Md-Yesr interviewer Injunctions, Rsg® 2

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-39
CALL RESULTS

Busy Signal Make several attempts to get the call through before marking "BUSY." 

Answering Machine. Do not leave a message. We will leave messages as a very last resort. 

No Answer. Let the phone ring at least 8 times without being answered before recording "NA."

Respondent Not Available, Ask for the person whose name is on the label. The spouse/partner 

or other "knowledgeable" person can be interviewed if that person is not available.

If the eligible respondent is not there or can't come to the phone, arrange for a callback. Record 

the callback time in EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME and mark "EDT."

Refusal. Mark "REF" if the household will not participate. Specify the refusal as "hard" or 

"soft" and make a brief note regarding the gist of what the respondent has said. Use verbatims; 

include frank language if you feel it is necessary.

Note: If the respondent furnishes most of the information but refuses some items (e.g., 

refuses to furnish an odometer reading), then DO NOT count this interview as a refusal; 

count it as a complete. Make a note on the call record sheet indicating that the respondent 

has refused to furnish at least some of the information.

THE HOUSEHOLD ADDRESS LABEL

The household address label has been affixed to the top-center of the first page of the question 

naire. It contains the respondent's name, address, telephone number, and a four-digit household 

identification number ("HHtD"; unique to that household; found in the label's upper-right comer).

Make any corrections to the person's name or telephone number right on the label. Address 

corrections are noted on Page 2 (Q. A1A).

THE RESPONDENT

Ask for the person noted on the address label, by name. If he or she is not available, you may 

interview that person's spouse or another knowledgeable (about the household vehicles) member 

of the household.

You may encounter a couple of special, but unusual, situations that include:

'~

(from the current household, the operator, etc.)

1994 RTECS Mid-Year Inteiviewer Instructions, Page 3

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-40
/ Household Split If the household has split, we want to follow at least one of the 

household members.

• If the entire household has split and moved, attempt to find the telephone 

number of the person listed on the label.

• For a household where one or more of the original household members remains, 

continue the interview with one of the remaining household members. Indicate 

who that person is, and his or her relationship to the person on the address label.

CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEW

CORRECTING THE ADDRESS (Q. A1)

Make only the necessary corrections. We will assume all information is correct unless otherwise 

noted.

Make corrections in the box on Page 2 (address) or on the label itself (name and phone number). 

Note: We are asking for the correct MAILING address, not. the actual residential address.

THE COMPUTER-GENERATED VEHICLE PAGES(S)

There is at least one computer-generated vehicle page per questionnaire. It contains what we 

believe is the household's current vehicle inventory.

We are still interested in any vehicle(s) listed on the page(s) that the household still has even 

though they say they are not currently using it.

ASSESSING THE HOUSEHOLD'S VEHICLE INVENTORY (Q. B)

Before placing the call, review the household's current vehicle inventory. If the inventory shows 

that the household has at least one vehicle, you should verify the mailing address in Q. Al, then 

continue with the remainder of the questionnaire.

If the inventory shows that the household has no vehicles, you should verify the mailing address 

Q. Cl on Page 5.

1994 KTECS Md-Year Interviewer Irertractions, Pag® 4

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-41
QUESTION-BY-QUESTION

Qs. B2 - B5: Vehicle Inventory

Watch the skip patterns!

For each vehicle that the household still has, ask Q. B3.

If the household no longer has a vehicle, ask Qs. B4 - B5 for that vehicle.

Correct vehicle descriptions, as necessary, right on the computer-generated vehicle page. If an 

item in the vehicle description is missing, please ask the respondent to supply the missing 

information.

A model year of "1998" means that we don't know the real model year for the vehicle. Please 

probe for the correct model year.

Accept estimates for the date of disposal and odometer reading when they got rid of the vehicle.

After asking Qs. B2 - B5 for all vehicles, look back at Vehicle 1. If the household has Vehicle 

1, continue with Qs. B6 - B8 on Page 4. Otherwise, skip to Q. Cl on Page 5.

Qs. B6 - B8: Fuel Information and MPG

Qs. B6 - B8 refer to the most recent fuel purchase for Vehicle ], 

"Don't Know" answers are OK. Do not ask for guesses.

In Q. B6, record dollars to the left of the decimal point and cents to the right. If a respondent 

metions a ".9" in the price, just drop it.

Qs. Cl - C8: Additional Vehicles

Section C is used to record information for vehicles that the household currently has but that are 

not mentioned on the computer-generated vehicle page(s).

Q. Cl: Do you have any other vehicles?

DO NOT count motorcycles or mopeds — we're not interested in these.

DO count company cars, trucks and vans IF they are also used for personal reasons.

1994 RTECS IVfid-Year Interviewer Ircrtnjctions, IPags 5

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-42
DO NOT count vehicles that are with students who are at school more than six months of the

year.

Q. C3: Please tell me the make, model name, and year of the vehicle. 

The instruction box at bottom of page is very important!

Get as much information about the vehicle type, make, model, and year as you can. If you know 

or strongly suspect that a make/model combination is incorrect, probe the respondent for more 

accurate information.

Q. C4: What type of vehicle is it?

If the respondent says that the vehicle type is a "VAN," probe for whether he or she considers 

it to be a LARGE VAN or a MMTVAN.

Qs. C6 -C8: Odometer Reading

We hope that the respondent has used the VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET that we sent.

If the respondent did NOT record the mileage on the VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET, ask 

him or her to get the odometer reading while you wait on the phone. Call back if necessary.

Do not accept estimated odometer readings.

For Q. C8, we want to know if the vehicle was a new vehicle, not a used vehicle. This question 

has sometimes been interpreted as meaning "Is the vehicle new to the household." This 

interpretation is incorrect.

Concluding the RTECS Interview (the missing Q, D4)

A skip instruction in Q. Dl refers to Q. D4. When the questionnaire was revised for the 1994 

RTECS, the question number was dropped from the closing statement. The closing statement IS 

Q. D4!

1994 RTECS Md-Year Interviewer Instructions, Page 6

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-43
APPENDIX A

DATA COLLECTION MATERIALS 

MAILED TO RESPONDENTS

</ Letter from the Energy Information Administration 

/ Vehicle Update Worissheet

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-44
Washington, DC 20585

August 1994 

Thank'You!

Last winter you participated in the U.S. Department of Energy's 

(DOE) Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) . In conjunction 

with the RECS, DOE also conducts the Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS), which concentrates on energy 

used for personal transportation. . This RTECS information, when 

linked with the energy consumption used in the home (from the 

RECS), provides information on all energy used in the residential 

sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data collection 

contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed 

worksheet. It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the 

worksheet', please keep it near your telephone. We will be calling 

you in the next few weeks to get the information from the 

worksheet.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden.) 

No information .linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to'the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin of. 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank you again for your 

cooperation.

oncerely,

Director, Energy End Use and

Integrated Statistics Division 

Energy Information Administration

Enclosure'

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-45
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal _use to .help the -Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household and we have 

concluded.our planned contacts with your household, all information 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of r Energy will receive only, your answers, not your 

name or address. Your answers will be screened to protect your 

identity; neither the Department of Energy, nor any other 

Government agency, will be able to locate your household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 15 minutes for the 

telephone interview and completion of the enclosed form.

Send comments regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions 

for reducing this burden to:

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

S994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-46
Form EIA-876B (1994) Form Approval 

OMB No: 1905-0068 

Expires: 01/31/97

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION 

ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET 

NEAR YOUR TELEPHONE. WE WELL BE CALLING YOU IN A WEEK OR TWO TO GET THE 

INFORMATION; OR, EF YOU WELL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PHONE, CALL JIM DEVLIN TOLL-FREE 

AT 1 (800) 888-9213.

PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET BY YOUR TELEPHONE - EVEN IF YOU HAVE

NOT HAD ANY VEHICLE CHANGES.

This survey is voluntary and is authorized under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93- 

275), as amended. Information about specific households will be kept strictly confidential. The data will be 

screened to protect the identity of individual households and summarized within large groupings for statistical 

purposes. Public reporting burden for this collection is estimated to average 5 minutes. Send comments regarding 

public reporting burden to: Energy Information Administration, Office of Statistical Standards, El-73, Mail Stop 

2F-081,1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, and Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-47
EIA-876B (1994)

VEHICLE UPDATE WORKSHEET

We are now halfway through the survey year for the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey. 

We need to make sure that we have current information about the vehicles in your household.

When we last contacted you, you had the vehicles described below:

QUESTION 1: Does your household still have the use of all of the vehicles listed above?

D YES, STILL HAVE ALL VEHICLES —> SKIP TO QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PA GE 

D NO — > ANSWER QUESTIONS "A " THROUGH "C" FOR EA CH VEHICLE DISPOSED OF.

If you disposed of only one vehicle, put your answers in Column 1. 

If you disposed of a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE DISPOSITION QUESTIONS

QUESTION

A. Which vehicle do you no 

longer have?

B. When did you sell 01 

dispose of it? (OWE 

YOUR BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What was the odometer

T*n^»T<«T /tn*fl1 wm^nflW^ -»A.i —— -

the vehicle was sold or 

disposed of? (GIVE YOUR

BEST ESTIMATE)

COLUMN 1

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Dav:

Year

(Odometei Reading) 

O Don't Know

COLUMN 2

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Dav:

Year:

(Odometer 

D Don't Know

Reading)

NOW CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 2 ON THE NEXT PAGE ———>

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-4&
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 2: Has your household bought or acquired any cars, trucks, vans, jeeps, sport-utility vehicles, 

or similar vehicles that are not listed on the label on the facing page'' Please do not include 

motorcycles, mopeds, heavy trucks, antique or race vehicles, or any vehicles used solely for 

business purposes.

D NO, HAVE NOT BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANY OTHER VEHICLE 

—> CONTINUE WITH QUESTION 3 ON THE NEXT PA GE,

YES, HAVE BOUGHT OR ACQUIRED ANOTHER VEHICLE

 > PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS "A " THROUGH "D" BELOW 

FOR EA CH VEHICLE BOUGHT OR A CQUIRED.

If you acquired only one vehicle, put your answers in Column 1. 

If you acquired a second vehicle, use Column 2 for that vehicle.

VEHICLE ACQUISITION QUESTIONS

QUESTION

A. Please give the year, make

name, and model name of 

the acquired vehicle.

B. What was the date on •which

your household acquired the 

vehicle? (GIVE YOUR

BEST ESTIMATE)

C. What is the current 

odometer reading (total

mileage) of this vehicle? 

(PLEASE OBTAIN THIS 

FROM THE ODOMETER 

ON THE VEHICLE)

D. What was the date on which

you recorded this odometer 

reading (total mileage)?

COLUMN 1

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year

(Odometer Reading) 

D Don't Know

Month:

Day:

COLUMN 2

Year: 19

Make:

Model:

Month:

Day:

Year

•

(Odometer Reading) 

Q Don't Know

Month:

Dav:

NOW CONTINUE WTTH QUESTIONS 3 AND 4 ON THE NEXT PAGE

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-49
EIA-876B (1994)

QUESTION 3: Please look at the address label on the first page of this form. Does it show your correct 

mailing address?

D YES —> PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 4 BELOW.

D NO —> IF ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, PLEASE WRITE THE CORRECT ADDRESS BELOW.

STREET ADDRESS:

CITY/STATE: ________________________ ZIP CODE:

When did you move to this address? 

MONTH and YEAR:

QUESTION 4: Finally, is there a possibility that your household will move any time within 1994?

D NO —> THIS WORKSHEET IS COMPLETE. SKIP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. 

PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET NEAR YOUR PHONK

D YES, DEFINITELY —> PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW. 

D POSSIBLY —> PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS 4A AND 4B BELOW.

QUESTION 4A: On what date are you or might you be moving?

MONTH/DAY OR APPROXIMATE DATE ___________________________

D DON'T KNOW

QUESTION 4B: What will your new address be?

STREET ADDRESS: _________________:____________ APT #: 

CITY, STATE: _______________________, _____ ZIP CODE: 

PHONE NUMBER: (______) ______- ___

AFTER YOU HAVE FILLED IN THE INFORMATION REQUESTED, PLEASE KEEP THIS WORKSHEET 

NEAR YOUR TELEPHONE. WE WILL BE CALLING YOU IN A WEEK OR TWO. TO-GET THE 

INFORMATION; OR, IF YOU WELL BE DIFFICULT TO REACH BY PHONE, CALL JIM DEVLIN.TOLLFREE AT 1 (800) 888-9213.

PLEASE KEEP THIS WQHKSHEET BY YOUR TELEPHONE - EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD ANY 

VEHICLE CHANGES.

THANK YOU! RT94-03 . . . 061594

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-50
APPENDIX B

ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS FROM RESPONBENTS

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-51
ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Q. '1 am not average."

A. We are interested in your household, regardless of how you use your vehicle(s). This 

would not be a representative survey if we only interviewed households with "average" 

vehicles and "average" driving habits.

Q. '1 was in this same vehicle survey before. Why should I do it again?

A. The households that were in the survey before are very important to the current survey. 

Data from repeat households, like yours, offer the best opportunities of studying how 

households change their vehicles over time.

Q. "Ask somebody else."

A. We need your participation. We have followed scientific procedures and cannot substitute 

another household for yours. It will mean a great deal to us and to the United States 

Department of Energy if you can take the time to help with our survey.

Q. "1 do not want the government to have records on me*"

A. The names and addresses of the participants are known only to the research staff at 

Response Analysis Corporation. All of the survey information is kept strictly confidential.

Q. 'Can I verify your legitimacy?"

A. You can call Mr. Ron Lambrecht at the U.S. Department of Energy (1-202-586-4962) or 

Mr. Jim Devlin, toll-free, at Response Analysis Corporation (1-800-888-9213). If you call 

Mr. Lambrecht, he will take your number and call you right back. This saves taxpayer 

dollars.

Q. '1 am not using my car at mis time."

A. It is important that we collect information on all vehicles, including those that are driven 

hundreds of miles each week and those that are hardly driven at all.

Q. '1 don't have any vehicles,"

A. We are interested in your household even if you don't have any vehicles at this time. This 

would not be a representative survey if we interviewed only households with vehicles. 

Also, you may acquire a vehicle during the year. We will be calling at the end of the year 

to find this out.

Q. "What will be done with this information?

A. This information from this survey will be used to guide government policy makers. The 

survey will provide a comprehensive look at gasoline and diesel fuel consumption 

nationwide.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-52
INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING INCOMING RTECS CALLS

REFUSALS

Try to talk them into doing the survey.

It will take only a few minutes.

We are only trying to update our record of their household's vehicles.

See the last page of the instructions ~ Answers to Common Questions from Respondents -- for 

more information.

If they want to participate, tell them that they will receive a call very soon from one of our 

telephone interviewers, who will get their information. OR, you can take that information now. 

if they'd prefer that.

If they refuse, get their HHED (in the upper-right comer of the address label on the front (on the 

bottom) of the pink vehicle worksheet we sent them or in the same location on the vehicle label 

on Page 2 of that same worksheet. If they don't have that worksheet, get as much personal 

information as possible so we can look up their name and/or address in the RECS database and 

get their HHID # from there (if they don't want to give that information, tell them that they 

WILL be called because we won't know which questionnaire to pull from the Phone Center). 

Pass along that HHID # to the Phone Center so they can pull the piece and send it back with the 

other dead sample. Have them note that the respondent called our office to refuse on the call 

record sheet.

WHEN THEY WANT TO GIVE INFORMATION

Have the person give you as much personal information (HHID, name, address) as possible and 

record it on the front of a blank questionnaire.

Establish the vehicle inventory. They probably still have the pink worksheet. Ask them to tell 

you the vehicle number and description of each vehicle on the vehicle label on Page 2 of the pink 

worksheet. Have them read it to you EXACTLY as it is on the label. If they don't have the 

worksheet (unlikely), just ask them to describe the vehicles they currently have and record those 

descriptions beginning as Veh 1. Tell them we may have to call them back very briefly for a 

few bits of additional information.

Finish by asking Pages 2, 4, and 7.

Contact the Phone Center and tell them that you completed that interview; ask them to send back

Complete the real questionnaire when you get it. Call back the respondent for additional 

information, if necessary. Throw out the "dummy" questionnaire.

1994 RTECS Operations Mamial/October 1995/A-53
TO

Q. "I am not average."

A. We are interested in your household, no how you use your vehicle(s). This would 

not be a representative survey if we only interviewed households with average vehicles and 

average driving habits.

Q. "I was in this same 1 do it again?"

A. The households that were in the survey are very important to the current survey. 

' Data from repeat households, like yours, offer the best opportunities of studying how 

households change their vehicles over time,

Q. "Ask somebody else."

A. We need your participation. We have followed scientific procedures and cannot substitute 

another household for yours. It will mean a great deal to us and to the U.S. Department of 

Energy if you can take the time to. help with our survey.

Q. "! do not want the government to on me.B

A. The names and addresses of the participants are known only to the research staff at 

Response Analysis. Ail of the survey information is kept confidential.

Q. "Can I verify your legitimacy?"

A. You can call Ms. Martha Johnson at the U.S. Department of Energy (1 -202-586-1135) or Mr. 

Jim Devlin at Response Analysis Corporation (1-609-921-3333).

Q. "I am not using my ear at this time.8

A. It is important that we collect information on all vehicles including those that are driven 

hundreds of miles each week and those that are hardly driven at all.

Q. "I don't have any vehicles/

A. We are interested in your household even if you don't have any vehicles at this time. This 

would not be a representative survey if we only interviewed households with vehicles. Also, 

you may acquire a vehicle during the year and we will be calling at the end of the year to 

find this out.

Q. "What will be done with this information?8

A. This survey will be used to guide government policy makers. The survey will provide a 

h/e look at gasoline and dies©! fuel consumption nationwide.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-54
RT94-09 

102794

1934 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey 

Mid-year Coding Instructions (REVISED)

OVERVIEW 

The Study

The Mid-year contact is the first of two contacts (excluding the RECS) that we will attempt to 

make with households selected for the 1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

Survey. The Mid-year contact is intended to serve as a means for us to "keep in touch" with 

RTECS households midway through the RTECS year. In this contact, we have verified the 

household's address, updated the household's vehicle inventory (including asking a brief set of 

questions about disposed or acquired vehicles), asked three questions about the most recent fuel 

purchase for all Vehicle 1s, and gathered tracking information, when applicable, should the 

household move before the end of the year.

The Coding Task

The nature of the coding task is dependent upon whether or not the household has disposed of 

or acquired a vehicle. For households who have NOT disposed of or acquired a vehicle, you wiil 

edit and/or code the questionnaire itself; for households where the opposite is true, you wii! code 

the information onto a coding form. After coding/editing, keep the coded/edited questionnaires 

in their packs; sort questionnaires for which a form was coded into a separate box or pile.

The Coding Form

The coding form is divided into three sections. The first section is where you code the household 

information; the second section is used to code vehicle dispositions; while the third section is 

used to code vehicle acquisitions. The coding form can accommodate up to four acquired 

vehicles. If a household has acquired more than four vehicles, please bring the case to the 

attention of Kevin K. or Jim D.

Use a red felt-tip marker for coding/editing. If you have any questions about how to code a 

specific item or deal with a special situation, please put the questionnaire aside and hold it for 

Kevin K. or Jim D. The charge number for this coding task is 8400-832 (RTECS Mid-year 

Phone).

ABOUT THE VEHICLE PAGES

Tho mr.c+ n^rpnt v/i?h!c!^ inveintnrv for psinh hnnc<=»hnlH i<; dfi^crihpr) on frhfi rnmnutfir-oenfirsteri

page(s) between pages. 2 and 4. Each vehicle is assigned a Vehicle Number, found at the top

f 994 RTECS Mid-Year Coding Instructions - Page 1

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-55
of each column. A vehicle description need not be present under each Vehicle Number. 

Households without any vehicles will have a special computer-generated page stating such.

The computer-generated vehicle page(s) is where you will find information regarding vehicles that 

we already know about. On this page, we ask if a household still has the vehicle. Depending 

upon the answer, we ask if it is described correctly (if the vehicle is still with the household), or 

(if the household no longer has it) when the vehicle was disposed of and an estimate of the 

vehicle's odometer reading at the time of disposal.

WHERE TO FIND THE OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

In addition to asking about current household vehicles and gathering information about vehicles 

no longer belonging to the household (on the computer-generated pages), we also verified the 

household mailing address, collected information about the most recent fuel purchase for all 

Vehicle Number Is that the household still has, asked about any additional vehicles that the 

household had acquired, and obtained tracking information for households who may move before 

the end of the year.

Changes in household name and/or address are found on the front label andJor Page 2. Most 

recent fuel purchase information, when asked, is found on Page 4. information pertaining to 

additional vehicles is found on Pages 5 and 6. Tracking data, when provided, are on Page 7.

THE WORK FLOW

The scope of the coding task varies depending on whether or not the household has disposed 

of or acquired a vehicle (also referred to as a "change in the household vehicle inventory"). Make 

this determination (look at the vehicle page[s] and Page 5).

If There is NO CHANGE in the Household Vehicle Inventory

Code/edit the questionnaire itself.

 Circle the HHID (Household ID Number) in the upper-right corner of the address label at 

the top-center of the contact record sheet.

a Check the three most-reeenf-fuel-purehase questions on Page 4, making sure that each 

has a value circled or coded. If the household had no vehicles to start, skip this step. See 

detailed instructions for coding these items on Page 3.

e Code the tracking information on the last page (Page 7). Record the code on the right 

side of the page in the white space between questions D2 and D3. See detailed instructions 

for coding this information on Page 4.

« Return the questionnaire to its pack.

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-56
If There IS A CHANGE in tho Household Vehicle Inventory

Code all information onto a yellow coding form using one coding form per questionnaire.

• Always code a household card.

• Code vehicle disposition cards and vehicle acquisition cards as necessary.

» When you are finished editing/coding, sort the questionnaire into a separate box or pile. DO 

NOT return it to its pack.

CODING THE HOUSEHOLD CARD

You will code the items on the household card using a separate coding form for every 

questionnaire. The fields are:

o HHID Number. The Household ID Number is found in the upper-right corner of the 

address label on the call record sheet or in the upper-right corner of the white vehicle 

page(s). Code the 4-digit number.

• Questions about Most Recent Fuel Purchase (from Page 4). Should only be 

answered if the household still has Vehicle #1. If the household still has a Vehicle #1 

and the questions are not answered, code the three items according to the instructions 

for 'No Answer1 below.

If the household does not have or no longer has a Vehicle #1, leave these three fields 

blank on the coding form. If these questions have been answered and they shouldn't 

have been, ignore the responses.

« Price of Fuel. Code as a three-digit number using a leading zero, when necessary. 

Ignore tenths of a cent, if given. If '6' (Don't Know) is circled, code as '996.' Code 

'998' if No Answer.

• Fuel Type, Code as a single-digit number. Code 'Propane' as 7.' Code 'Ethanol 

Blend' as '9.' Code 'Leaded1 as '5' (Other). Code '8' if No Answer. Please refer to the 

following conversion chart if the interviewer checked 'Other1 and provided an Octane 

Rating:

Regular Fuel has an Octane Rating of 85-87

Midgrade has an Octane Rating of 88 - 90 

Premium has an Octane Rating of 91 or higher.

If one of these ranges is given in the "Other" category, please edit the answer to the 

correct classification.

a Type of Service. Code as a singie-digit numoet. Code Suik Saies or Home 

Delivery' or 'Home Tank' as '4.' Code '8' if No Answer.

1994 RTECS Mid-Year Coding Instructions - Page 3

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-57
Tracking Information. Code as a single-digit number. If any useful tracking 

information is provided in Q D3, code as '1'; otherwise, code as '0.' "Useful" 

information could include the name of a contact person to call or write. Addresses 

must be specific to at least a city ("Florida," for example, is NOT useful).

CODING THE DISPOSITION CARDS

If Q B2 has been answered 'No' for a vehicle, that vehicle is no longer owned or used by the 

household. For every vehicle where Q B2 is answered 'No,' Qs B4 and B5 should be answered.

If the household states that they 'Never Had' the vehicle, code the Disposition Date as '959595' 

and the Odometer Reading as '999995.'

Use one line under the heading 'VEHICLE DISPOSITION CARDS' on the coding form per 

disposed vehicle. The four items to code for each disposed vehicle are:

« Household ID Number. Code the four-digit number found in the places described 

under the section 'CODING THE HOUSEHOLD CARD' above.

» Vehicle Number. Code as a two-digit number using a leading zero. The Vehicle 

Number is found at the top of each column of the vehide inventory grid on the 

computer-generated vehicle page(s).

« Vehicle Disposition Date. Code as a six-digit number using two digits each for the 

month, day, and year that the vehicle was disposed. For example, if the vehicle was 

disposed of on March 15, 1994, code '031594.' If the month or day is unknown, code 

as '98.' The year should always be '93' (1993) or '94' (1994). If the questionnaire 

indicates that the vehicle was disposed of before November 1993, flag the 

questionnaire and leave it for Kevin K. or Jim D. If the date is missing, code as 

'989898.'

» Odometer Reading. Code as a six-digit number. Ignore tenths of a mile if they are 

given. Code leading zeros as necessary. If the 'Don't Know' box is checked, code as 

'999996.' Code as '999998' if No Answer.

CODING THE ACQUISITION CARDS

Information concerning vehicle acquisitions is found on pages 5 and 6 of the questionnaire. If Q 

C1 indicates that the household owns or has for their personal use any additional vehicles 

besides those already mentioned, then the number of vehicles and their descriptions should be 

indicated on pages 5 and 6.

• Discrepancy between vehicles acquired and vehicles described. There are three 

potential types of discrepancies. The first is when the number of vehicles in Q C2 is 

greater than those described in Qs C3 - C8. In this situation, look for a note stating 

that the household refused to provide any additional information. If some reason is

1994 RTECS Mid-Year Coding Instructions - Page 4

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-58
given why the information is missing, do not make any changes to the Q C2. The 

second situation is exactly the same as the first; however, here there is no note 

mentioning a refusal, interview termination, or other reason why the information isn't 

provided. !n this case, edit Q C2 to the number of vehicles described. The final 

discrepancy is when there are more vehicles described in Qs C3 - C8 than are 

indicated in Q C2. In this situation, edit Q C2 to the number described in Qs C3 - C8.

Do not include motorcycles, very large trucks, or vehicles used solely for business.

Use one line on the coding form per acquired vehicle. There is room on the form to code up to 

four new vehicles. For each acquired vehicle, the following 11 fields must be coded:

e Household ID Number. Code the four-digit number found in the places described 

under the section 'CODING THE HOUSEHOLD CARD.'

9 Vehicle Number. Code as a two-digit number using a leading zero. Care must be 

taken when assigning vehicle numbers to newly acquired vehicles. On the vehicle 

inventory page(s), look for the highest vehicle number. The vehicle number to assign 

to the first acquired vehicle(s) should be the next highest available vehicle number or 

the number '05,' whichever is higher, increment subsequent vehicle numbers by 1.

Let's look at two examples. In the first example, the highest vehicle is '03' - the third 

vehicle (making the next highest available number '04'). The acquired vehicle, 

therefore, should be number '05' because it is the higher of the two numbers you 

should compare {'04,' for the next available number, and '05').

For the second example, the highest vehicle number is '05.' The acquired vehicle, 

therefore, should be number '06' because it is the higher of the two numbers you 

should compare ('06,' for the next available number, and '05').

Be very careful about determining the new vehicle number. If you have any questions 

about the new vehicle number, put the questionnaire aside for Kevin K. or Jim D.

• Vehicle Make Name. Use up to a maximum of 14 spaces. Watch for transpositions 

of vehicle make and model names. If No Answer, leave blank. Please print clearly.

» Vehicle Model Name. Use up to a maximum of 14 spaces. If No Answer, leave 

blank. For trucks, if the only model name provided is the tonnage capacity of the 

vehicle, code the tonnage. If both model name and tonnage are given, code the model 

name first and then the tonnage, if it will fit. If you have any questions concerning 

make or model name, put the questionnaire aside for Kevin K. or Jim D.

a Model Year. Code as a two-digit number. If No Answer, code as '98.' If a range is 

given for the mode! year, code the midpoint. For example, if 1981-1983 is given, code as '82.'

« Vehicle Type. Code as a two-digit number. The types are preceded on the 

questionnaire. Code the leading zero, when necessary. If No Answer, code as '98.'

1994 RTECS Mid-Year Coding Instructions - Page 5

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-59 -
Set aside the questionnaire for all cases where the vehicle is coded as 'Other. 1 Bring 

these to the attention of Kevin K. or Jim D.

Date Vehicle Acquired. Code a four-digit number for month and year of acquisition. 

Do not code day in this field. Use standard, two-digit codes for month. As with 

dispositions, the year should be '93' (1993) or '94' (1994). ff the date is missing, code 

as '9898.' Any problems should be set aside for Kevin K. or Jim D.

Question CS (Do You Know the Odometer Reading?}. Use a single-digit code. If 

No Answer, code an '8.'

Check the skip off of Q C6. If Q C6 is answered 'Yes,' Q C7 — mileage and date - 

should be answered and Q C8 should be coded as Not Applicable ('9'). If Q C6 is 

answered 'No,' Q C7 ~~ mileage and date — should be coded as Not Applicable (both 

= '999999') and Q C8 should be answered. If Q C6 is not answered, but either Q C7 

or C8 is, back edit Q C6 to the appropriate response.

Odometer Reading. Code as a six-digit number, ignore tenths of a mile if given. If

Q C6 is 'Yes1 and the odometer reading is blank, code as '999998.' If Not Applicable, 

code as '999999.'

Odometer Reading Date. Code as a six-digit number according to the rules specified 

under the heading 'CODING THE DISPOSITION CARDS.' If a note refers to Today,' 

refer to the call record sheet for the correct date. If Q C6 is 'Yes' and the date is Wank, 

code as '989898.' If Not Applicable, code as '999999.'

Was the Vehicle New When You Got It? Code as a single-digit number. If Q C6 is 

'No' and Q C8 is blank, code as '8.' !f Not Applicable, code as '9.'

1934 RTECS MM-Year Coding Instructions — Page 6

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-60
1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

Mid-Year Coding Instructions, Condensed Version (REVISED)

Questionnaires packed in groups based on every 50 HMDs (e.g., 1001-1050, 1051-1100).

Scope of coding task is based on whether or not a household has disposed of or acquired 

vehicle.

THE CODING TASK

Scope of the Coding Task for Households with NO CHANGE of Vehicle Inventory 

® Circle the HHDDD on the label on the front page of the questionnaire.

® Check Page 4 (most-recent-fuel-purchase questions). Do all questions iiave a proper 

code? The price per gallon should be three digits. Zero-fill as necessary.

9 Code a '0' or T for tracking information on last page.

Scope of the Coding Task for Households WITH A CHANGE of Vehicle Inventory 

» Minimum coding. Household card: HHED and Move in "94? 

® If household still has a Veh 1. Household card: Price, Fuel Type, Service.

» If household disposed of a vehicle. One vehicle disposition card per vehicle disposed; 

code all items.

« If household acquired at least one vehicle. One vehicle acquisition card per vehicle 

acquired; code all items.

SUMMARY OF DETAILED CODING INSTRUCTIONS

Tracking Information (last page of questionnaire; one of two required items to code on 

household card)

If any useful tracking information is given, code '!.' Code !0' otherwise. "Useful" 

information could include the name of a contact person to call or write. Addresses must be 

specific to at least a city ("Florida," for example, is NOT useful).

Special Fuel Types

Leaded = '5'; Propane = 'T; Ethanol Blend = '9.' See instructions if octane .rating is 

specified.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-61
Special Types of Service

Bulk Sales, Home Delivery, or Home Tank all are coded '4.' 

Vehicle Dispositions

• Never Had The Vehicle: Code date as I959595i ; code as 999995.

• Vehicle Number. Code the leading zero.

« Disposition Date: Flag dispositions before November 1993.

• Odometer Reading: Watch for and/or ignore tenths of a mile.

Vehicle Acquisitions

• Do not accept motorcycles, rnopeds, business-only vehicles, heavy trucks.

• Vehicle Number: Use "05" or next available vehicle number, whichever is HIGHER.

9 Vehicle Names: Maximum of 14 characters.

• Unknown Model Year/Model Type: Code '98.'

WATCH SKIPS FROM Qs. C-6 THROUGH C-8!

CODE NOT APPLICABLES (9s) IN Q. C-7 OR C-8, DOES NOT APPLY 

FOR THAT HOUSEHOLD.

WHEN YOU ARE

Where to Return the Questionnaires

• Households with NO CHANGE in vehicle inventory: Return, to pack.

• Households WITH A CHANGE in vehicle inventory: Sort the questionnaire into a 

separate box or pile. Keep the coded yellow forms together.

When You Are Finished With a Pack

Slip a yellow control card under the rubber band around the pack of questionnaires and 

initial the "Coded" box.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-62
1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION ,,£RGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

Mid-Year Coding Form

R, 10 

100494

HOUSEHOLD CARD

HHIC

(1-4)

I I

CARD

(6)

H

PRICE

r

(8- 10)

I

FUEL

TYPE

(12)

I

SERVICE

(14)

I

MOVE

IN '94?

(16)

IS THERE A CHANGE !N ADDRESS, VEHICLE STOCK, OR VEHICLE INVENTORY??

VEHICLE DISPOSITION CARDS

s

HHIC

(1-4)

CARD

(6)

D

D

D

D

VEH

NUM

(8-9)

VEH DISP 

DATE 

(11-16)

ODOMETER 

READING

(18-23)

VEHICLE ACQUISITION CARDS

ft.

o

HHID

(1-4)

CARD

(6)

A

A

A

A

VEH

NUM

(8-9)

MAKE NAME

(11-24)

MODEL NAME

(26-39)

VEH

YEAR

(41-42)

VEH

TYPE

(44-45)

DATE

VEH

ACQD

(47-50)

Q.

C6

(52)

ODOM

READ

(54-59)

ODOM

READ

DATE

(61-66)

NEW

(68)

———

I
RT94-07 100494

1994 RTECS MID-YEAR DATA COLLECTION 

CODING AND DATA ENTRY CONTROL CARD

DATA ENTRY BATCH # (if used):

CODING

Coded Checked

DATA ENTRY

Keyed Verified

Initial appropriate box as task is completed.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-64
RT94-08 

100494

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey 

Mid-Year Keying Insrtuctions

OVERVIEW

Enclosed you wiil find coding forms for households who have completed the 1994 Residential 

Transportation Energy Consumption Survey Mid-Year Telephone data collection. There are, 

potentially, three different cards of data to be punched per coding form. You will always key a 

household card for every coding form; You may have to key up to four records for one or both 

of the other two cards. Data entry must be 100% verified. Please write all of the records to a 

single dataset, sort the dataset by Household ID Number and Card Type (Cols. 1-4 and 6), and 

deliver the final dataset on a floppy disk in ASCII format. Below are keying specs for each card 

of data (please note that the coding form includes the column guides above each field):

HOUSEHOLD CARD

Columns instructions

1-4 Numeric; never blank

5 Always blank 6 "H"

7 Always blank

8-10 Numeric; may be blank

11 Always blank

12 Numeric; may be blank

13 Always blank

14 Numeric; may be blank

15 Always blank

16 Numeric; never blank

DISPOSITION CARD

Columns Instructions

I-4 Numeric; never blank

5 Always blank 6 "D"

7 Always blank

8-9 Numeric; never blank

10 Always blank

II-16 Numeric; never blank

1 1 Always blank

18-23 Numeric; never blank

1993 RTECS KEYING INSTRUCTIONS - PAGE 1

	1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-65
ACQUISITION CARD

Columns

I-4

5

6

7

8-9

10

II-24

25 

26-39

40

41-42

43

44-45

46

47-50

51

52

53

54-59 

60 

61-66

67

68

instructions

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Always blank "A"

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Alpha/punctuation/blanks; left justify; blanks allowed as coded; entire field may

be blank

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Alpha/numeric/punctuation/blanks; left justify; data in this field will be mostly

alpha although numeric, punctuation, and blanks are allowed as coded; entire

field may be blank

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1993 RTECS KEYING INSTRUCTIONS PAGE 2

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-66
lepartment of Enerc

Washington, DC 20585

January 1995 

Thank You!

During the last year you have participated in the U.S. Department 

of Energy's (DOE) Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

Survey (RTECS). This RTECS information, when linked with the 

energy consumption used in the home from the Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey, provides information on all energy used in the 

residential sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data 

collection contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed cards, 

It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the cards, 

please return them in the enclosed postage paid envelope.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden.) 

No information linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin of 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank you again for your 

cooperation.

Lynda T. Carlson

Director, Energy End Use and

Tr)t0<Tr3t-P>ri R-hat"! et- 1r>e TTti ^ri <z i r\n

Energy Information Administration 

Enclosure(s)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-67
PRIVAC: ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 {Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal use to help the Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household, and we have 

concluded our planned contacts with your household, all information 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of.Energy will receive only your answers, not your 

name or address. Your answers will be screened to protect your 

identity; neither the Department of Energy, nor any other 

Government agency, will be able to locate your household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 15 minutes for the 

telephone interview and completion of the enclosed cards.

Send comments regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions 

for reducing this burden to:

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-68
January 1995

Thank You!

Over the past year your household has been helpful in providing Response Analysis Corporation 

with vital information about your household vehicles. The 1994 Residential Transportation Energy 

Consumption Survey (RTECS) furnishes the Department of Energy information about the use and 

fuel consumption of vehicles used for personal transportation on the road today.

I now need your assistance with the closing phase of the survey. During this contaof, we will 

update our records of your household's vehicles and collect information regarding their use during 

the past year. Your cooperation is especially important because your household, which cannot 

be replaced in the survey, represents thousands of other households that have similar vehicles, 

or no vehicles at all.

I hope that you will assist us in this final phase by completing the enclosed cards. This will only 

take a few minutes. I have enclosed an instruction page that explains how to use the cards.

After you fill these out, please return them using the self-addressed, postage-paid envelope that 

I have included in the mailing.

I am also enclosing a letter about this survey from Dr. Lynda T. Carlson of the Energy Information 

Administration. Please note that all information you provide will be kept strictly confidential. No 

information that can be linked to your name or address will ever be furnished to the Department 

of Energy or to any other government agency.

Your voluntary participation in the concluding phase of the 1994 Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey is very important to the success of the research. Please call me, 

toll-free, at 1 (800) 888-9213 if you have any questions regarding the study.

Thank you again for your continued cooperation. 

Sincerely,

Jim Devlin 

Survey Manager

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-69
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March 1995

Thank You!

I appreciate the help you have given Response Analysis Corporation over the past year with 

information about the vehicles in your household. The study, called the 1994 Residential 

Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS), furnishes the Department of Energy 

information about the use and fuel consumption of vehicles used for personal transportation on 

the road today.

I am writing you because the study will soon be over and we have not been able to complete the 

last phase for your household. Your help is very important to the success of the research 

because your household represents thousands of other households that have similar vehicles or 

no vehicles at all. We cannot replace you in the survey.

I hope that you wilf assist us with this final contact by completing the enclosed form. We need 

to confirm some information about the vehicles used by your household. This will only take a few 

minutes. After you fill out the form, please return it in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.

Please note that all information you provide wili be kept strictly confidential in accordance with 

the Privacy Act of 1974. Your participation is voluntary, but no information that can be linked to 

your name or address will ever be furnished to the Department of Energy or to any other agency.

If you have any questions regarding the study, please call me toll-free at 1 (800) .888-9213. 

Thank you again for your continued cooperation.

Sincerely,

Jnri Devlin 

Survey Manager

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-70
ODOMETER READING CARD 

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

Form Approval 

0MB No.: 1905-C: 

Expires: 01/3' "-"

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Please see the instructions on the other 

side of this card before you begin.

Please write down the total mileage 

(odometer reading) for this vehicle ...................

and the date on which it was recorded

Check here if household no longer has vehicle

Whole Miles Only

Date Recorded

or odometer is not working

After you have filled in the information requested, please return the card using the enclosed, self-addressed 

Business Reply envelope to: U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 7335, Princeton, NJ 08543-9967.

EIA-879C2 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-71
Instructions for Completing Odometer Reading Card

If your odometer (mileage meter) registers tenths of miles, please ignore tenths and record only whole 

number of miles.

If your household no longer has this vehicle or if the odometer does not work, please mark the appropriate 

box on the other side of this card.

., this card has a blank label and your household now owns or regularly uses another vehicte for which we 

did not send an Odometer Reading Card, please record the model year, make name (manufacturer), 

model name, and vehicle type on the card label.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-72
1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CARD tTMTM 01/31/97

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Tder for us to estimate the fuel efficiency of this vehicle, it would be helpful to know the Vahlcla Identification Number (VIN).

i VIN provides information that enables researchers to estimate fuel economy for all types of cars, trucks, and other vehicles. In this survey, your 

vehicles will represent those from thousands of other households that have a similar vehicle.

The VIN is a set of codes assigned to a vehicie at the factory that, when decoded, describes several of the vehicle's characteristics. These 

characteristics may then be used to calculate an estimated miles per gallon for that specific type of vehicle.

PLEASE SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE fDENTIFICATION 

NUMBER.

For the vehicle described at the top of the card, please carefully record its Vehicle ictentfflcatlon Number below.

VIN: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Check here if you cannot find the Vehicle identification Number

After you have titled in the information requested, please return the card using the self-addressed Business 

Reply envelope to the U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 7335, Princeton, NJ 08543-9967. 

If you have any questions about the survey, call Mr. Jim Devlin, toll-free at, 1 (800) 888-9213.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-73
PLEASE READ THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FIRST

INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

The Vehicle Identification Number {VIN) is a combination of digits and letters. It is usually 17 letters and digits long. Here is an example of what the 

VIN may look like:

1FABP28A6FF143890 

The Vehicle Identification Number may be found in a number of places:

a. On the vehicle.

Look for a small metal label that can be read while standing outsida the vehicle.

Look for the label on the driver's side of the dashboard or on the window post.

Sometimes it is on the driver's door, 

b. On the motor vehicle registration certificate. 

c. On an insurance card or-insurance poficy for the vehicle, 

d. On the vehicle title.

e. On a State safety or emissions inspection certificate. 

f. On the bill of sale for the vehicle.

Caution . . . The Vehicle Identification Number is usually not found on your driver's license or on the vehicle license plates.

Once you have located the Vehicle Identification Number, copy it down on the other side of this card exactly as it appears on the vehicle, or on the 

document you are using.

For the sample VIN given above, we wouid write:

VIN: t F A B P 2 8 A 6 F F 1 3890

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-74
VT94-22 HHID: [HHID]

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

Please record today's date here: , 1995

Below is a summary of the vehicle information we have collected from your household during the 

past year. Please change any incorrect vehicle information or supply missing information, where 

needed. If a vehicle listed below is no longer in your household, check the "NO LONGER HAVE 

THIS VEHICLE" box.

Please record the odometer reading for each vehicle - ignore tenths of a mile. Also, record the 

Vehicle Identification Number for any vehicle where it is missing. A brief instruction page is enclosed 

describing where to find the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

After filling out the form, please return it in the enclosed postage-paid, self-addressed envelope.

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VIN:

NO LONGER HAVE THfS VEHICLE

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VIN:

NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

V!N:

NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VIN:

NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-75
1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION CONSUMPTION SURVEY

(Please read the other side first)

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VIN:

NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VI N:

rj NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

Year: [Year] 

Make: [Make Name]

ODOMETER READING:

Type: 

Model:

[Vehicle Type] 

[Model Name]

VIN:

n NO LONGER HAVE THIS VEHICLE

ADDITIONAL VEHICLE INFORMATION

Please use the space below to describe any vehicles available for your personal use that are not 

described above (Vehicle type is: "Car," "Station VUagon," "Large Van," "Minivan," "Pickup truck," 

"Sport-utility," or "Other").

Model Year: Make: Model: Vehicle Type:

ODOMETER READING: VIN:

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-76
RT94-22 . HHID: [HHID]

1994 RESIDENTIAL COMSUfVIPTION SURVEY 

~*tease record today's ________________ , 1995

At last contact, our records indicate that your household had no vehicles available for personal use. 

If a vehicle is now available to your household, please use the space below to describe it (Vehicle 

type is: "Car," "Station Wagon," "Large Van," "Minivan," "Pickup truck," "Sport-utility," or "Other").

Please record the odometer reading for each vehicle - ignore tenths of a mile. Also, record the 

Vehicle Identification Number for any vehicle. A brief instruction page is enclosed describing where 

to find the Vehicle Identification Number (VIM).

Model Year: _____ Make: ______________ Model: _____________ Vehicle Type: 

ODOMETER READING: VIN:

Model Year: _____ Make: _____________ Model: ____________ Vehicle Type: 

ODOMETER READING: ________ ____ VIN:

'LEASE CHECK THIS BOX IF YOUR HOUSEHOLD HAS NO VEHICLES AVAILABLE FOR PERSONAL USE

After filling out the form, please return it in the enclosed postage-paid, self-addressed envelope.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-77
Washington, DC 20585 

January 1995 

Thank Youl

During the last year you have participated in the U.S., Department 

of Energy's (DOE) Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

Survey (RTECS). This RTECS' information, when linked with the 

energy consumption used in the home from the Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey, provides information on all energy used in the 

residential sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data 

collection contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed cards. 

It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the cards, 

please keep them near your telephone. You will receive a call in 

the next few weeks to get the information.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden.) 

No information linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin of 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank you again for your 

cooperation.

Sincerely,

Lynda T. Carlson

Director, Energy End Use and

integrated statistics Division 

Energy Information Administration

Enclosure(s)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-78
PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal use to help the Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household and we have 

concluded our planned contacts with your household, all information. 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of Energy will receive only your answers, not your 

name or address. Your answers will be screened to protect your 

identity; neither the Department of Energy, nor any other 

Government agency.., will be able to locate your household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 5 minutes for the 

completion of the enclosed cards.

Send comments regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions 

for reducing this burden to:

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-79
Response

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January 1995

Thank You!

Over the past year your household has been helpful in providing Response Analysis Corporation 

with vital information about your household vehicles. The 1994 Residential Transportation Energy 

Consumption Survey (RTECS) furnishes the Department of Energy information about the use and 

fuel consumption of vehicles used for personal transportation on the road today.

I now need your assistance with the dosing phase of the survey. During this contact, we will 

update our records of your household's vehicles and collect information regarding their use during 

the past year. Your cooperation is especially important because your household, which cannot 

be replaced in the survey, represents thousands of other households that have similar vehicles, 

or no vehicles at all.

I hope that you will assist us in this final phase by completing the enclosed cards. This will only 

take a few minutes. I have enclosed an instruction page that explains how to use the cards.

After you fill these out, please keep them near your telephone. A representative of Response 

Analysis will be calling you shortly to collect the information you have recorded on the cards.

I am also enclosing a letter about this survey from Dr. Lynda T. Carison of the Energy Information 

Administration. Please note that all information you provide will be kept strictly confidential. No 

information that can be linked to your name or address will ever be furnished to the Department 

of Energy or to any other government agency.

Your voluntary participation in the concluding phase of the 1994 Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey is very important to the success of the research. Please call me, 

toll-free, at 1 (800) 888-9213 if you have any questions regarding the study.

Thank you again for your continued cooperation. 

Sincerely,

/ ti— r-\,~. .!;„

I Wit t i k^tui V iff-t

Survey Manager

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-80
ODOMETER READING CARD 

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

Form Approval 

0MB No. '905-CC 

Expires: 01/31/97

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Please see the instructions on the other 

-ide of this card before you begin.

Please write down the total mileage 

(odometer reading) for this vehicle ...................

and the date on which it was recorded

Check here if household no longer has vehicle

Whole Miles Only

Date Recorded

or odometer is not working

After you have filled in the information requested, please keep this card near your telephone. A representative 

of Response Analysis will be calling you to record the information. Or, if you will be difficult to reach by phone, 

please call Mr. Jim Devlin, toll-free, at 1 (800) 888-9213.

A-879C1 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-81
Instructions for Completing Odometer Reading Card

if your odometer (mileage meter) registers tenths of miles, please ignore tenths and record only whole 

number of miles.

If your household no longer has this vehicle or if the odometer does not work, please mark the appropriate 

box on the other side of this card.

If this card has a blank label and your household now owns or regularly uses another vehicle for which we 

did not send an Odometer Reading Card, please record the model year, make name (manufacturer). 

model name, and vehicle type on the card label.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-82
1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CARD **»<**•• 01/31/97

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

J.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

r v for us to estimate the fuel efficiency of this vehicle, it would be helpful to know the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).

i N provides information that enables researchers to estimate fuel economy for all types of cars, trucks, and other vehicles. In this survey, your

vehicles will represent those from thousands of other households that have a similar vehicle.

Fhe VIN is a set of codes assigned to a vehicle at the factory that, when decoded, describes several of the vehicle's characteristics. These

:haractertstics may then be used to calculate an estimated miles per gallon for that specific type of vehicle.

PLEASE SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION 

NUMBER.

For the vehicle described at the top of the card, please carefully record its Venide identification Number below. 

VIN:

Check here if you cannot find the Vehide Identification Number

After you have filled in the information requested, please return this card near your telephone. A representative 

of Response Analysis will be calling you to get the information. If you will be difficult to reach by phone, or if you 

have any questions about this survey, call Mr. Jim Devlin, toil-free at, 1 (800) 888-9213.

-,„->„ TUftMWC cr>n •>/<—• >n ur-' n

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-83
PLEASE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FIRST

INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIM) is a combination of digits and letters. It is usually 17 letters and digits long. Here is an example of what the 

VIN may look like:

1FABP28A6FF143890 

The Vehicle Identification Number may be found in a number of places:

a. On the vehicle.

Look for a small metal label that can be read white standing outside the vehicle.

Look for the label on the driver's side of the dashboard or on the window post.

Sometimes it is on the driver's door.

On the motor vehicle registration certificate. 

,. On an insurance card or insurance policy for the vehicle. . 

d. On the vehicle title.

e. On a State safety or emissions inspection certificate, 

f. On the bill of sale for the vehicle.

Caution .. . The Vehicle Identification Number is usually not found on your driver's license or on the vehicle license plates.

Once you have located the Vehicle identification Number, copy it down on the other side of this card exactty as it appears on the vehicle, or on the 

document you are using.

For the sample VIN given above, we would write:

VIN: 1 F A B P 2 8 A 6 F F 1 43890

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-84
EIA-876A Form Approval

0MB NO: 1905-0068 

Expires 01/31/97

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

HOW TO USE THE ENCLOSED CARDS 

Please read this first -- before filling out any cards

1. There are two types of cards in the package.

- ODOMETER CARDS

- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIM) CARDS

2. The label in the upper right corner of each card identifies which vehicle the card is 

for. The information was collected during earlier contacts we have had with your 

household. For each vehicle, we have filled in the label with the year, make, model, 

and type of vehicle. An additional set of odometer and VIN cards has also been 

prepared with blank labels.

3. Cards with complete labels

An odometer card has been prepared for each vehicle recorded for your household. 

Please follow the instructions on the card when recording the requested information, 

If your household no longer owns or has the use of the vehicle, please indicate that 

fact on the card. If the odometer no longer works, indicate that on the card also.

A VIN card has been prepared only for vehicles for which no VIN number was 

reported during earlier contacts, or for which the VIN number was incorrectly recorded. 

If all VIN numbers were reported and recorded correctly, you will receive no VIN cards 

with complete labels among your cards. If you do receive a VIN card that identifies a 

specific vehicle, please follow the instructions on the card.

4. Cards with blank labels

The odometer and VIN cards with blank labels have been provided in the event that 

your household currently owns or uses a vehicle for which we have no record. If your 

household now owns or regularly uses such a vehicle, please complete the identifying 

information requested on the label in addition to recording the odometer and VIN 

information on the respective cards. The identifying information requested is model 

year, make name (manufacturer), model, name and vehicle type. Vehicle types are 

car, station wagon, large van, minivan, pickup truck, sports-utility vehicle, and other 

(such as motor home). If more than one vehicle has been obtained, please call Mr. 

Jim Devlia toll-free, at 1(800^888-9213.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-85
INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

The Vehicle Identification Number (VTN) is a combination of digits and letters. It is usually 17 letters and digits long. Here 

is an example of what the VTN may look like:

1FABP28A6FF143890

The Vehicle Identification Number may be found in a number of places:

a. On the vehicle.

Look for a small metal label that can be read while standing outside the vehicie.

Look for the label on the drivers side of the dashboard or on the window post.

Sometimes it is on the driver's door, 

b. On the motor vehicle registration certificate, 

c. On an insurance card or insurance policy for the vehicie. 

d. On the vehicle title.

e. On a State Safety or emissions inspection certificate, 

f. On the bill of sale for the vehicle.

Caution . . . The Vehicle Identification Number is usually not found on your driver's license or on the vehicle license plates.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-86
RAC 8800-832 

011695 

FINAL

1994 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY 

(END-OF-YEAR TELEPHONE SURVEY)

ASK FIRST TO SPEAK WITH THE PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE SCREEN. IF 

HE/SHE IS UNAVAILABLE, THE INTERVIEW MAY BE COMPLETED WITH A SPOUSE OR 

OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD.

Hello, this is _____________ calling from Response Analysis Corporation (RAC)T in Pnnceton, 

New Jersey. We recently sent a letter about a special study that the U.S. Department of Energy has 

asked us to do on energy use by household vehicles.

IF ASKED ABOUT CONFIDENTIALITY, STATE:

This survey is voluntary and authorized under the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 

(Public Law 93-275), as amended. Any information you provide will be kept strictly confidential. 

The identity of individual households will be removed before the data are delivered to the 

Department of Energy. Results of the study will be presented in summary form only.

Al. First, I would like to check that we have your correct mailing address. Is it . . . ? (READ 

ADDRESS SHOWN ON LABEL.)

[ ] YES -- CONTINUE WITH Q. A2

[ ] NO -- COMPLETE Qs. Ala AND Alb

Ala. IF MAILING ADDRESS IS INCORRECT, CORRECT ONLY THE ERRONEOUS 

INFORMATION

STREET ADDRESS: ______________________ APT. NO. ______ 

CITY, STATE: ________________________ ZIP: ________ 

Alb. When did you move to (ADDRESS NOTED ABOVE)?

MONTH AND YEAR: ____ [ 1 DIDN'T MOVE; ONLY A CORRECTION

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-87
A2. Within the last couple of weeks, we mailed you some cards for recording the total mileage and, 

perhaps, the Vehicle Identification Number for your vehicles.

A2a. Did you receive the cards?

[ ] YES -- CONTINUE WITH Q. A2b

[ ] NO -- READ INTRODUCTORY SCRIPT; RECORD "NO" ON ODOMETER/VIN

SUMMARY; SKIP TO Q. INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q, A3 

[ ] HAS NO VEHICLE -- SKIP TO Q. INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q. A3

IF "YES" ON O. A2a. ASK:

A2b. Have you filled out these cards yet?

[ ] YES - CONTINUE WITH Q. A2c

[ ] NO - RECORD "NO" ON ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY; SKIP TO

INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q. A3 

[ ] HAS NO VEHICLE -- SKIP TO Q. INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q. A3

IF "YES" FOR Q. A2b. ASK:

A2c. Can you bring these cards to the phone?

[ ] YES -- SKIP TO Q. A3

[ ] NO - RECORD "NO" ON ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY; SKIP TO

INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q. A3 

[ ] HAS NO VEHICLE -- SKIP TO Q. INSTRUCTION ABOVE Q. A3

INTRODUCTORY SCRIPT.

Over the past year, your household has been helpful in our study of residential vehicles that we're 

conducting for the U. S. Department of Energy. This is the final phase of the project - your 

voluntary participation will make our information for your household complete. The cards I just 

mentioned were sent for each of your household vehicles, but we can conduct the interview without 

them.

IF, "HAS NO VEHICLE" STATED, READ:

Thank you. I will make a note of that. I have just a few questions to ask you and we'll be 

finished with the interview.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-88
SECTION A: VEHICLE STOCK QUESTIONNAIRE

IF NO VEHICLE IS LISTED ON RECORD: SKIP TO Q. Cl.

IF ONE OR MORE VEHICLES ARE 

LISTED ON RECORD, ASK ALL

QUESTIONS FOR VEHICLE 1, 

THEN GO TO VEHICLE 2, 

VEHICLE 3, AND VEHICLE 4.

A3. I have a description of the vehicle(s) mentioned at the 

time of our most recent contact with your household. I 

would like to verify (this/these) description(s) with you. •

Do you still have a (DESCRIBE YES 

VEHICLE)? (GO TO Q. A4)

(IF NO OTHER VEHICLE, GO TO NO 

Q. Cl) (GOTOQ. Bl)

NEVER HAD 

(GO TO NEXT VEHICLE.)

IF "YES" FOR Q. A3, ASK:

A4. Have I described it correctly? (IF YES 

"NO," CORRECT BAD 

INFORMATION. ALSO TRY TO 

OBTAIN ANY MISSING 

INFORMATION.)

IF "NO" ON ODOMETER/VIN NO 

SUMMARY, SKIP TO Q. A8.

'AS. What is the odometer reading for MILES

this vehicle? (READ BACK TO 

VERIFY. DO NOT RECORD 

• TENTHS OF MILES.) (IF "DON'T DON'T KNOW 

KNOW," MARK "NO" ON 

ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY 

AND SKIP TO Q. AS.) BROKEN 

ODOMETER 

(GO TO Q. A7)

IF MILEAGE GIVEN IN Q. A5, ASK: 

A6. On what date was the mileage MONTH

recorded? (USE NUMBER FOR 

MONTH.)

DON'T KNOW MONTH 

DAY

DON'T KNOW DAY

Vehicle Number

#1 #2 #3 #4

1311 

0000 

8 8 8 'g

1111 

0 0 0.0

999996 999996 999996 999996 

999997 999997 999997 999997

96 96 96 96

96 96 96 96

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-89
IF VIN ON RECORD IS BLANK., ASK:

A7. What is the Vehicle Identification Number for this vehicle 1? (HAVE RESPONDENT READ THIS 

FROM THE VIN CARD FOR THAT VEHICLE. READ BACK TO VERIFY.)

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ ]

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ ]

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ ]

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ J

INTERVIEWER: DESCRIBE RESPONDENT'S REASON OR REACTION IF REFUSING VIN.

1994 RTECS Operations Maaual/Octobei 1995/A-90
IF VEHICLE WAS ACQUIRED AT MID-YEAR CONTACT, ASK Qs. A8-A12. IF VEHICLE WAS 

REPORTED AT BEGINNING-QF-YEAR CONTACT, ASK ONLY THOSE QUESTIONS THAT 

WERE NOT ANSWERED THEN.

A8.

A9.

A10.

All.

A12.

Does this vehicle have an 

automatic transmission or manual 

shift?

Does it have front-wheel, rearwheel, or 4-wheel drive? (IF 

RESPONDENT SAYS 

COMBINATION THAT 

INCLUDES 4-WHEEL DRIVE, 

MARK "4-WHEEL.")

Does it have air-conditioning? 

(MARK "YES" EVEN IF IT 

DOES NOT WORK OR IS NOT 

USED.)

How many cylinders does the 

engine have?

Does the fuel system use a 

carburetor, fuel injection, or is it a 

diesel or electric engine?

(IF "DIESEL," SKIP TO Q. A14. 

IF "ELECTRIC," SKIP TO 

Q. A19.)

AUTOMATIC

MANUAL SHIFT

DON'T KNOW

FRONT-WHEEL

REAR-WHEEL

4-WHEEL

OTHER 

(SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW 

YES 

NO 

DON'T KNOW.

3-CYLINDER

4-CYLINDER

5-CYLINDER

6-CYLINDER

8-CYLINDER

10-CYLINDER

12-CYLINDER

ROTARY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

CARBURETOR

FUEL 

INJECTION

DIESEL

ELECTRIC

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

#1

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

0

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

12

13

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

Vehicle

#2

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

I

0

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

12

13

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

Number

#3

1

^

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

0

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

12

13

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

#4

1

i

6

1

2

^

5

6

1

0

6

04

04

05

06

08

10

12

13

21

96

1

2

3

4

 5

6

1994 RTECS Operations ManuayOctober 1995/A-91
A13. During the past year, what kind of 

fuel did you purchase most often 

for this vehicle? Was it . . .? 

(READ CATEGORIES.)

A14.

A15.

A16.

Unleaded regular

• ? Unleaded 

midgrade

Unleaded premium 

Diesel

Leaded gasoline

Ethanol blend/Gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY) 

DONT KNOW

When you bought fuel for this 

vehicle during the past year, 

which did you use more often, 

full-service pumps or self-service 

pumps?

FULL-SERVICE

SELF-SERVICE/ 

MINISERVICE

BOTH EQUALLY

BULK SALES, HOME TANK/DELIVERY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DONT KNOW

What price per gallon did you pay 

the last time you purchased fuel 

for this vehicle? (IGNORE 

TENTHS OF A CENT.)

What kind of fuel was purchased 

at that time? Was it . . . ? 

(READ CATEGORIES.)

PRICE

DON'T KNOW 

Unleaded regular

Unleaded midgrade 

Unleaded premium

Diesel

Leaded gasoline

Ethanol blend/Gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW

Vehicle Number

#1

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

#2

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

#3

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

#4

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

$ $ $ S

996

01 

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

996

01 

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

996

01 

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

996

01 

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-92
A17. What is your best estimate of the 

average miles per gallon for this 

vehicle? (IF "DON'T KNOW," 

SKIP TO Q. A19.)

A18. Is your estimate for miles per 

gallon from a log that you keep 

for fuel purchases, from an 

on-board computer, the advertised 

mpg, or just a rough estimate?

A19. Which of the following best 

describes the type of driving 

conditions for this vehicle: 

mostly stop-and-go, mostly openroad driving, or some combination 

of these?

A20.

A21.

What is the age and sex of the 

household member who usually 

drives this vehicle?

Is this vehicle ever used for even 

part of a commute to and from 

work? (IF "NO'VDON'T 

KNOW," GO TO 

INSTRUCTIONS AFTER 

Q. A24.)

MPG 

DON'T KNOW

LOG (RECORDS)

ON-BOARD 

COMPUTER

ADVERTISED 

MPG

ROUGH 

ESTIMATE

OTHER (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW 

STOP-AND-GO

. OPEN-ROAD 

COMBINATION

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

AGE

95 OR OLDER

DON'T KNOW AGE

MALE

FEMALE

DON'T KNOW SEX 

YES

NO 

DON'T KNOW

#1

Vehicle

#2

Number

#3 #4

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96

1 • 

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96

1

->

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

95

96

1

2

6

1

0

6

95

96

1

2

6

1

0

6

95

96

1

2

6

1

0

6

95

96 .

1

2

6

1

0

6

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-93
IF "YES" FORQ. 21, ASK:

A22. When the vehicle is used

for that commute, how

many miles is it driven

-one-way? (RECORD

MILES'FOR ONE-WAY, 

NOT ROUND TRIP.)

A23. How many minutes does 

that one-way trip usually 

take? (RECORD 

MINUTES FOR ONLY 

THAT PART OF THE 

TRIP SPENT IN THE 

VEHICLE.)

A24. How many days per week 

is the vehicle used for 

commuting?

MILES

NO FIXED

PLACE OF

WORK

DON'T KNOW 

MINUTES

NO FIXED

PLACE OF

WORK

DON'T KNOW 

DAYS

DON'T KNOW

Vehicle Number

#1 #2 #3 #4

995 

996

995 995 995 

996 996 996

995 

996

995 995 995 

996 996 996

96 96 96- 96

FOR NEXT VEHICLE ON RECORD, GO BACK TO Q. A3. 

IF NO OTHER VEHICLE ON RECORD, SKIP TO Q Cl.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-94
Section B: Disposed Vehicle Stock Questions

IF "NO" FOR Q. A3, ASK:

B1. Was this vehicle sold, traded 

in, disposed of, or did the 

owner move away?

IF "SOLDA"RADED/DISPOSED 

OF" OR "DON'T KNOW" FOR 

Q. Bl, ASK:

B2. In what month and year did 

you dispose of this vehicle?

B3. Approximately, what was the odometer 

reading (total mileage) on the vehicle at the 

time that you sold, traded, or disposed of 

it? (AFTER RESPONSE, GO TO 

INSTRUCTIONS AFTER Q. B4.)

IF "OWNER MOVED AWAY" FOR Q. Bl, ASK:

B4. In what month and year did 

. the owner move away with 

this vehicle? DONT

DED, OR

DSED OF

O Q. B2)

D AWAY

0 Q. B4)

T KNOW

O Q. B2)

MONTH

MONTH

YEAR

W YEAR

MILES

DON'T

KNOW

MONTH

.MONTH

YEAR

W YEAR

Vehicle Number

#1 #2 #3 #4

1111

2222

6666

96 96 96 • 96

96 96 96 96

999996 999996 999996 999996

96 96 96 96

96 96 96 96

FOR NEXT VEHICLE ON RECORD, GO BACK TO Q. A3. 

IF NO OTHER VEHICLE ON RECORD, SKIP TO Q. Cl.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-95
Section C: Acquired Vehicle Stock Questions

10

C1. Do you or other members of your household own or 

have for your personal use any cars, trucks vans, or 

similar vehicles, [CONTINUE IF HOUSEHOLD 

HAD A VEHICLE TO START] in addition to those 

we've already discussed? (IF RESPONDENT IS 

NOT SURE, DESCRIBE EACH VEHICLE 

CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE HOUSEHOLD.)

.IF "YES," TO Q. Cl ASK: 

C2. How many additional vehicles do you have?

1 YES - ASK Q. C2

2 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

ASK QS. C3 AND C4, FOR THE 

FIRST ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, 

THEN REPEAT THE TWO 

QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT 

ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, AND SO 

ON.

C3. Please tell me the make, model 

name, and year of (this/the first, 

second, third, etc.) vehicle.

C4. Is this vehicle a . . . ? (READ 

CATEGORIES.)

SKIP TO Q. Dl

MAKE

DON'T KNOW 

MAKE

MODEL NAME

DON'T KNOW MODEL

MODEL YEAR

DON'T KNOW YEAR

Passenger car

Station wagon

Large van

Minivan

Pickup truck

Sport-utility

Other (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

1 ONE

2 TWO

3 THREE

4 FOUR OR MORE

- ASK Q. C3

6 DONT KNOW -- SKIP TO Q. Dl

Vehicle

A B C D

6

6 

19

96

01

02

03

04

05

06

21

96

6

6 

19

96

01

02

03

04

05

06

21

96

6

6 

19

96

01

02

03

04

05

06

21

96

6

6 

19

96

01

02

03

04

05

06

21

96

IF ANOTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, ASK QS. C3 AND C4.

IF NO OTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, ASK Q. C5 FOR THE FIRST VEHICLE.

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

^. Ci — A iviODEL HAME MAY CONSIST OF SEVERAL PARTS — BE SURE TO GET THE COivirLETE 

NAME. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES, WHERE THE COMPLETE MODEL NAME IS IN 

PARENTHESES: FORD (GALAXIE), CHEVROLET (V-10 SUBURBAN), GMC (V-15 JTMMY), 

TOYOTA (2WD CARGO VAN). IF RESPONDENT DOES NOT KNOW THE NAME OF A TRUCK, 

PROBE FOR SIZE (1/2 TON, 3/4 TON, ETC.)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-96
11

ASK Qs. C5 - C30 FOR THE FIRST 

ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, THEN GO TO 

THE SECOND ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, 

AND SO ON.

C5. In what month and year did you get MONTH 

the (READ YEAR, MAKE AND 

MODEL FROM Q. C3)? 

DON'T KNOW MONTH 

YEAR 

DON'T KNOW YEAR

C6. Was the vehicle new when you got it?

C7. Do you know the mileage at the time 

you obtained the vehicle? 

(IF "NO/NOT SURE," GOTOQ. CIO.)

IF "YES" TO Q. C7, ASK: 

C8. What was the mileage? 

(IF "DON'T KNOW," SKIP TO 

Q. CIO.)

C9. Is that the actual mileage or an 

estimate?

CIO. How many miles do you estimate the 

vehicle has been driven since you 

obtained it?

Cll. Do you know the actual current 

odometer reading for this vehicle?

(IF "NO," RECORD "NO" ON 

ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY AND 

SKIP TO Q. C14.)

IF "YES" TO Q. Cll, ASK: 

C12. What is the odometer reading?

YES 

NO 

DONT KNOW 

YES

NO/NOT 

SURE

MILEAGE

DON'T 

KNOW

ACTUAL 

ESTIMATE 

DON'T KNOW 

MILES

DON'T 

KNOW

. YES 

NO

DONT KNOW 

MILEAGE

C13. On what date was that mileage noted? MONTH 

DON'T KNOW MONTH 

DAY 

DON'T KNOW DAY

C 14. Do you know the Vehicle Identification

Mirrr»K»r fXr *fii'i t»oJ,.VI»'7

(IF "NO," RECORD ON ODOMETER/ 

VIN SUMMARY AND SKIP TO 

Q. C16.)

YES 

NO

Vehicle

A B C D

96 

19

96

1

2 

6

1 

2

96 

19

96

1 

2 

6

1 

2

96 

19

96

1 

2 

6

1 

2

• 96 

19 __ 

96

1 

2

6

1 

2

999996

1 

2 

6

999996

1 

2 

6

999996

1

7

6

999996

1

7

6

999996

1 

• ' 2

6

999996

1

2

6

999996

1

2

6

999996

i

2

6

96

96

1

2

96

96

1 

2

96

96

1

2

96

96

1

2

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-97
12

IF "YES" TO Q. C14, ASK:

C15. What is the Vehicle Identification Number for this vehicle? (READ BACK TO VERIFY WITH RESPONDENT)

A

B

C

D

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ j

VIN: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 

VIN REFUSED [ ]

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ ]

VIN:

VIN REFUSED [ )

, ..Jr........... ....... .- ................. , .

INTERVIEWER: DESCRIBE RESPONDENT'S REASON OR REACTION IF REFUSING VIN.

C. 16 Does this vehicle have an automatic 

transmission or a manual shift?

C17. Does it have front-wheel, rear-wheel, 

or 4-wheel drive? (IF RESPONDENT 

SAYS COMBINATION THAT 

INCLUDES 4-WHEEL DRIVE, 

MARK "4-WHEEL."

CIS. Does it have air-conditioning? 

(MARK "YES" EVEN IF IT DOES 

NOT WORK OR IS NOT USED.)

C19. How many cylinders does the engine 

have?

AUTOMATIC

MANUAL 

SHIFT

DON'T KNOW 

FRONT-WHEEL 

REAR-WHEEL 

4-WHEEL

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DONT KNOW

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

3-CYLINDER

4-CYLINDER

5-CYLINDER

6-CYLINDER 

8-CYLMDER

10-CYLINDER

11-CYLIHDER

ROTARY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

Vehicle

A

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

2

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

i2

13

21

B

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

2

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

JL £.

13.

21

C

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

2

6

03

04

05

06

08

10

ii

13

21

D

1

2

6

1

2

3

5

6

1

2

6

04

04

05

06

08

10

i 4.

13

21

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-98
C20. Does the fuel system use a carburetor, 

fuel injection, or is it a diesel or 

electric engine? (IF "DIESEL," SKIP 

TO Q. C22. IF "ELECTRIC," SKIP 

TO Q. C27.)

CARBURETOR

FUEL 

INJECTION

DIESEL

ELECTRIC

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

C21. For this vehicle, do you most often Unleaded regular

purchase . . 

CATEGORIES.)

(READ

Unleaded midgrade

Unleaded premium

Leaded gasoline

Ethanol blend/gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW

C22. When you buy fuel for this vehicle, do 

you more often use full-service pumps 

or self-service pumps?

FULL-SERVICE

SELF-SERVICE/ 

MINISERVICE

BOTH 

EQUALLY

BULK SALES, HOME TANK/DELIVERY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DONT KNOW

C23. What price per gallon did you pay the PRICE 

last time you purchased fuel for this 

vehicle? (IGNORE TENTHS OF A DON'T KNOW 

CENT.)

Vehicle

A

1

2

3

4

5

6

01

02

03

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

B

1

2

3

4

5

6

01

02

03

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

C

1

2

3

4

5

6

01

02

03

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

D

1

•)

3

4

5

6

01

02

03

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

j

2

3

4"

5

6

$

.*C <r <r , vp IP , j)

996 996 996 996

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-99
14

C24. What kind of fuel was purchased at 

that time? Was it . . . ? (READ 

CATEGORIES.)

Unleaded regular

Unleaded midgrade 

Unleaded premium

Diesel

Leaded gasoline

Elhanol blend/Gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW

C25. What is your best estimate of the 

average miles per gallon for this 

vehicle? (IF "DON'T KNOW," SKIP 

TO Q. C27.)

IF "MPG" ANSWER IS GIVEN FOR 

Q. 25, ASK:

C26. Is your estimate for miles per 

gallon from a log that you keep 

for fuel purchases, from an 

on-board computer, the 

advertised mpg, or just a rough 

estimate?

MPG 

DON'T KNOW

C27. Which of the following best describes 

the type of driving conditions for this 

vehicle: mostly stop-and-go, mostly 

open-road driving, or some 

combination of these?

LOG 

(RECORDS)

ON-BOARD 

COMPUTER

ADVERTISED 

MPG

ROUGH 

ESTIMATE

OTHER (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW 

STOP-AND-GO

OPEN-ROAD 

COMBINATION

OTHER (SPECIFY) 

DON'T KNOW

Vehicle

A

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

B

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

C

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

D

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

21

96

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96 .

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

4

6

96

1

2

3

4

5

6

1

2

3

 4

6

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-100
C28. What is the age and sex of the 

household member who usually drives 

this vehicle*1

AGE 

95 OR OLDER

DON'T KNOW AGE

MALE

FEMALE

DON'T KNOW SEX

C29. Is this vehicle ever used for even part 

of a commute to and from work? (IF 

"NOV'DON'T KNOW," SEE 

INSTRUCTIONS AFTER Q. 32.)

IF "YES" FOR Q. C29, ASK:

C30. When the vehicle is used for that 

commute, how many miles is it 

driven . one-way? (RECORD 

MILES FOR ONE-WAY, NOT 

ROUND TRIP.)

C31. How many minutes does that 

one-way trip usually take? 

(RECORD MINUTES FOR 

ONLY THAT PART OF THE 

TRIP SPENT IN THE 

VEHICLE.)

YES 

NO

DONT KNOW

MILES

NO FIXED

PLACE OF

WORK

DON'T KNOW 

MINUTES

C32. How many days per week is the 

vehicle used for commuting?

NO FIXED

PLACE OF

WORK

DON'T KNOW 

DAYS

DON'T KNOW

IF ANOTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, GO BACK TO Q. C5.

IF NO OTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, CONTINUE WITH Q. Dl.

Vehicle

ABC D

95 95 95

96 96 96

i r i

9 22

666

1 1 1

00 0

666

95

96

1

2

6

1

0

6

995 995 995

996 996 996

995

996

995 995 995

996 996 996

995

996

96 96 96 96

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-101
16

Section D: Alternative Transportation

Dl. Do you or any member of your household regularly use another type of transportation other than 

a personal vehicle at least once a week?

1 YES -- SKIP TO Q. D2

- GO TO ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY 0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

IF "YES," ASK Q. D2 FOR EACH TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION:

D2. What types of transportation do you or any member of your household use? Do you use . 

(READ CATEGORIES TO RESPONDENT. MORE THAN ONE TYPE CAN BE USED)

D2a. A bus such as Greyhound or 

Trail ways?

D2b. A train, bus, or subway in a city or 

regional transit system?

D2c. A train such as Amtrak?

D2d. Ridesharing or carpooling?

D2e. Any other alternate form of 

transportation?

Q. D2

YES/NO

1 YES

0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

1 YES

0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

1 YES

0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

1 YES

0 NO •

6 DON'T KNOW

1 YES

0 NO

6 DON'T KNOW

Q. D3

REASONS FOR USE

1 WORK

2 OTHER REASONS

3 BOTH

6 DONT KNOW

1 WORK

2 OTHER REASONS

3 BOTH

6 DON'T KNOW

1 WORK

2 OTHER REASONS

3 BOTH

6 DONT KNOW

1 WORK

2 OTHER REASONS

3 BOTH

6 DONT KNOW

1 WORK

2 OTHER REASONS

3 BOTH

6 DON'T KNOW

IF "YES" FOR ANY PART OF Q. D2, ASK Q. D3 FOR THAT FORM OF TRANSPORTATION:

D3. Do you use (MENTION FORM OF TRANSPORTATION) to commute to or from work, for other 

reasons, or both? (CIRCLE RESPONSE IN THE GRID ABOVE.)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-102
17 

ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY PAGE

IS THE ODOMETER AND VIN RECORDED FOR EVERY VEHICLE? (IGNORE VEHICLES WITH 

BROKEN ODOMETER AND VEHICLES FOR WHICH RESPONDENT REFUSED NUMBERS.)

[—I YES I""] NO

IF "YES," THANK AND TERMINATE.

IF "NO," CONTINUE:

Finally, to complete your interview, I need to obtain:

IDENTIFY WHICH VEHICLES NEED ODOMETER AND/OR VIN NUMBERS.

I would like to get this information right now, while I have you on the phone. I'd be happy to wait 

while you visit the vehicle(s) to get it.

IF RESPONDENT IS UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO GET THEM WHILE YOU WAIT: 

Because this is very important information, I'd like to call you back later or tomorrow to get it. 

SCHEDULE A CALLBACK.

IF RESPONDENT ATTEMPTED TO GET NUMBERS BUT AT LEAST ONE IS STILL 

MISSING, TAKE ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE A CALLBACK.

IF ALL ODOMETER AND VIN NUMBERS ARE COMPLETE, THANK AND TERMINATE. 

[DISPLAY THE VEHICLE/FLAGS GRID]

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-103
RT94-I2

011695

RAC 8800-832

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

Interviewer Instructions for the End-of-Year Telephone Questionnaire

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) is conducted every three years for 

the U. S. Department of Energy.

Three contacts are attempted with eligible households over the duration of the study. Those contacts are 

made at the beginning, the middle, and the end of the calendar year for which the RTECS is being 

conducted. This contact is the end-of-year data collection.

Approximately 7,100 households completed a survey of household energy use called RECS during Fall 

1993 and Winter 1994. Households are randomly selected to participate in the RTECS from among this 

group.

There are 3,020 households in the RTECS sample. We will attempt to contact 2.470 households by 

telephone and 541 households by mail; 9 households will not be contacted.

Our current vehicle information was obtained from the RECS interview (which is the beginning-of-year 

contact, for RTECS) and from the "mid-year" RTECS contact, conducted in August 1994.

This is the final contact that we will attempt to make with the households participating in the RTECS.

THE RTECS SAMPLE

The sample of 2,470 RTECS telephone households will be released in three waves: one of 786 

households; one of 863 households; and the last, 821 households. Sample waves will be released roughly 

ten days apart; scheduled sample release dates are: January 19, January 27, and February 7.

DATA COLLECTION MATERIALS

Data collection materials are mailed to each household approximately one week prior to the household's 

scheduled sample release date. These materials include:

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-104
» A letter from Response Analysis explaining the survey.

« A letter from the Department of Energy asking for cooperation; this letter includes a privacy 

statement.

® Odometer Cards - one card for each vehicle that we believe the household currently has and 

one blank card for an extra vehicle that the household may have that we don't know about.

• VFN Cards - one card for each household vehicle for which we do not have a valid Vehicle 

Identification Number (VIN). Also, each household received one blank card for an extra 

vehicle that the household may have that we don't know about. This card includes an 

illustration of where the VFN may be found on a vehicle. A sample VIN and a breakdown of 

its elements is provided in the appendix.

• An instruction page for filling out the cards. Generally describes the cards and their purpose. 

Detailed instructions on how to fill them out are furnished on the cards themselves.

An example of each of these materials is provided in the Appendix.

SAMPLE MANAGEMENT

Sample will be managed ON CAT I and not on paper!

RTECS sample will be released according to a calling-window scheme that ensures that contact attempts 

are distributed appropriately over weekdays vs. weekends and evenings vs. days, once per day (unless 

specifically requested otherwise by the respondent). Sample will also be released per scheduled callbacks 

established during an earlier contact.

Households who refused to participate in the mid-year contact will be included in the general sample 

release. Refusals that result during end-of-vear contact will be held aside for a special series of contacts 

' toward the end of the field period.

Standard CATI disposition codes will be used for this study. It is important that you observe the special 

rules for refusals and language barriers noted below.

Refusals. Make your best effort to persuade the respondent to grant you an

interview. If he or she ultimately refuses, be sure to note the reason 

and any direct quote that would help to illustrate the tone of the refusal. 

Note "hard" or "soft" refusal.

earners. vv ncu uisposmoiung uiesc cuatauis, be careful LU ounccuy uiffcicuuato 

between foreign-language respondents and those people who are hardof-hearing.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-105
Answering Machines: Do not leave a message unless instructed otherwise by your supervisor.

We may decide to leave 800# messages toward the end of the field 

period.

Disconnects/Wrong #s: DO LOOKUPS right away. If you get a new number from director*

assistance, redial and attempt an interview.

Be sure to schedule a callback, general or specific, if you are asked during the interview to complete it 

some other time. Scheduling a callback ensures that we retain all of the information collected to that 

point Schedule all callbacks by last name — not by the household identification number.

OVERVIEW OF THE RTECS INTERVIEW

Average interview length, is estimated to be 11-12 minutes, based on this questionnaire's similarity to that 

used for the 1991 RTECS end-of-year contact. Length of interview is mostly dependent upon the number 

of vehicles currently owned and/or acquired by the household; the fewer vehicles, the shorter the 

interview. (NOTE: "owned," as used in these instructions, means a vehicle is owned by the household 

or is available for the household's regular use).

Households will have, on average, two vehicles; 90% of households have three vehicles or fewer. 

Approximately ten percent of households have no vehicles; the highest number of vehicles owned by a 

household following the mid-year contact is seven.

The interview comprises six "modules" covering the following topics:

• Mailing address verification and preparing for the interview

• Vehicles still owned by the household (including collecting the odometer readings and. where 

needed, VINs)

• Vehicles no longer owned by the household

• Vehicles newlv acquired by the household ("new" vehicles)

• Alternative transportation

• Odometer/VIN summary screen, where you conclude the interview or ask respondents to 

retrieve "missing" odometer readings and/or VINs.

^GiiCCtiiig GiiOuictci i'cauiiigii emu v uss is uc uiusi uupouaui aspect oi uus jaieiview. wen one o mesc 

items is needed but not obtained, CATI flags that item for that vehicle. At the end of the interview. CATI 

displays the missing items by vehicle; you will try to persuade the respondent to get the missing odometer 

readings and/or VINs for you RIGHT THEN WHILE YOU WAIT.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-106
At the start of the interview, you will ask the respondent whether or not he or she has received the cards. 

filled them out, and can bring them to the phone. These questions give you a picture of the respondent's 

preparedness (regarding the odometer and VIN cards) and set odometer and VIM flags on the summary 

screen if the cards (i.e., information) aren't ready.

We want to collect as much information as possible from respondents during the initial call. If vou are 

prompted to ask a respondent to obtain odometer or VIN information at the summary screen, it's OK to 

wait as long as is needed to get the maximum amount of information on the first contact!

GENERAL RTECS CAT! INTERVIEWING PROCEDURES

We have provided "OTHER" as a response category for selected, but not all. questions. If an "OTHER" 

response is given but is not offered as an answer category, please use the <ESC> key and make a note 

Notes are particularly important to RTECS and we encourage you to make them - WE DO READ ALL. 

OF THE NOTES!

For RTECS. it is fine to accept a "DON'T KNOW." You may probe when you feel it is appropriate but 

do not force a response or ask for a guess (EXCEPTION: when asking about miles-per-gallon - MPG).

Some answers, such as price-per-gallon and dates, require that entries be made in separate fields. For 

example, for price-per-gallon. you enter dollars, then cents, neither with a decimal point. Dates are 

entered month, then day, or, month, then year. Be careful entering these responses.

The answers to some questions, such as odometer readings and VINs. are entered by keying a code for 

"[ANSWER] GIVEN." then entering the actual odometer reading or VIN on a separate screen.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 199S/A-107
QUESTION-BY-QUESTION

MODULE: ADDRESS VERIFICATION, INTERVIEW PREPARATION 

We are interested in mailing address, not street address.

As described in "OVERVIEW OF THE RTECS INTERVIEW," odometer and/or VIN flags are set if the 

respondent hasn't received or filled out the cards. Respondents will be asked to get this information at 

the end of the interview.

Respondents who haven't received the mailing are read an introductory script which states, in pan. that 

the interview can be conducted without the household having received the cards.

MODULE: VEHICLES STILL OWNED BY HOUSEHOLD

Q A4: HAVE I DESCRIBED IT CORRECTLY?

Look for incomplete vehicle descriptions and prompt the respondent for the information. Model 

name is usually the missing item.

If all vehicle information as presented is correct but you are adding to that information, this question 

should be answered "NO."

If you answer "NO," CATI presents a separate screen for each vehicle description item: make name. 

model name, model year, vehicle type. Enter an "X" if there is no change to a particular vehicle 

description item.

Q A3: ODOMETER READING (PRONOUNCED: OH-DOM'-A-TER)

Do NOT record tenths of miles. Ignore tenths of a mile, if given by the respondent.

Read the odometer reading back to the respondent for verification.

We want respondents to get the actual odometer readings from the vehicles.

Q A7: VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) .

Seme respondents say fed thr. - Vehicle Identified::;:: Number is sensitive inferTM =ticr.. !f the 

respondent questions the function of the VIN or why we want it, refer to the "VIN Explanation 

Card" in the appendix.

The VIN is also called the "ID' #", "Serial #", "Factory #", or "Motor ID #."

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-108
The VIN usually consists of 17 letters and numbers (e.g.. AG12345KLMN123456;. but may be 

shorter than 17 characters. Do NOT question the respondent if he or she gives you a VIN that is 

not the "right length" - accept what he or she gives you. If the VIN is longer than 17 characters. 

accept the first 17.

The VIN is most easily found by standing outside of the vehicle where the hood meets the 

windshield, facing the rear. The VIN is on a plate that can be seen on the dashboard right at the 

base of the windshield, directly in front of the steering wheel.

Always verify the VIN by reading it back to the respondent.

Qs A8 - A13: VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS

These questions, individually or as a group, are not asked for every vehicle. Don't be concerned if 

they appear to be "missing."

Q A8: TYPE OF TRANSMISSION

Manual shift is also called "standard shift" or "stick shift."

Vehicles equipped with manual shift have a clutch pedal; vehicles equipped with an automatic 

transmission do not have this pedal.

Qs A13 - A14: FUEL PURCHASES IN THE PAST YEAR

These questions refer to the their fuel purchases over the PAST YEAR, and to the type of fuel they 

USUALLY buy and the kind of service they USUALLY receive.

Q A13: TYPE OF FUEL

MIDGRADE means "higher quality (higher octane) than regular, but not as high (quality or octane) 

as premium."

If the respondent mentions the octane rating of the fuel, refer to the "Octane Rating to Fuel Grade 

Conversion Chart" in the appendix.

Qs A15 - A16: MOST RECENT FUEL PURCHASE

These questions refer to the LAST TIME FUEL WAS PURCHASED.

Q A17: MILES PER GALLON (MPG)

This is the one question where you should encourage the respondent to guess. We accept estimated 

MPGs here. 1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-109
QA2I: USING THE VEHICLE FOR COMMUTING

Record "YES" even if the vehicle is used for only part of the commute (for example, to drive from 

home to a train station or bus stop).

QsA22-A23: COMMUTING HABITS

Record miles and minutes for commuting one-wav. not for the entire round trip. If the vehicle 

is used to commute only part of the distance to work, only account for that part of the commute.

MODULE: VEHICLES NO LONGER OWNED BY THE HOUSEHOLD

Q B3: ODOMETER READING

This is one of two places where an estimated odometer reading is always acceptable (in all but a 

few cases, an estimated odometer reading will be the only type of odometer reading you can get).

MODULE: NEWLY ACQUIRED VEHICLES

In all but a few unusual circumstances, newly acquired vehicles were acquired by households since 

our last contact with them. That contact could have been anytime between Fall 1993 and Summer 

1994. We spoke with approximately 80% of these households in August 1994.

Q Cl: HAVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES?

DO NOT count motorcycles, mopeds, very heavy trucks, or vehicles used strictly for business 

purposes.

DO count company-owned vehicles if thev are also used for personal reasons. Also count vehicles 

if they belong to lodgers, students, and relatives who live in the household.

Q C3: MAKE NAME, MODEL NAME, AND MODEL YEAR OF THE VEHICLE

Get as much make and model information as you can. Use your common knowledge of vehicles. 

Probe what you believe to be incorrect make/model configurations (such as a Chevrolet Taurus. 

Dodge Grand Am, etc.).

If a range is given for model year, take the midpoint. For example, it the respondent says. "It's an 

'86 or an '88, I don't know," use 1987 as the model year.

Don't be too concerned about the spelling of make and model names. They are checked for 

consistency of spelling later on.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-110
Q C4: VEHICLE TYPE

If the respondent says that the vehicle type is a "VAN", probe for whether he or she considers it to 

be a LARGE VAN or a MINIVAN.

Vehicle type for mobile homes is "OTHER."

Q C8: VEHICLE ODOMETER READING AT TIME OF ACQUISITION

See the rules in section "MODULE: VEHICLES NO LONGER OWNED BY THE HOUSEHOLD.' 

item "Q B3: ODOMETER READING."

Q C12: ODOMETER READING

See the rules under section "MODULE: VEHICLES STILL OWNED BY HOUSEHOLD." item "Q 

A5: ODOMETER READING."

Qs C14 - CIS: VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIM)

See the rules under section "MODULE: VEHICLES STILL OWNED BY HOUSEHOLD/' item "Q 

A7: VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN)."

Qs C16 - C32

Except for Qs C21 - C22, these questions are exactly the same as Qs A8 - A24.

Qs C21 - C22: USUAL FUEL PURCHASE HABITS

Whereas companion Qs A13 and A14 ask about the type of fuel purchased and kind of service 

received during the past year, Qs C21 and C22 ask about the type of fuel purchased, and kind of 

. service received "most often."

MODULE: ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

These questions, asked of all households, pertain to alternative forms of transportation that they regularly 

use at least once per week.

ii you are asKed, stress to me responoent mat ms or her usage or me alternative transponanon must oe 

regular and weekly. Exceptions to these conditions are allowed for unusual circumstances such as illness 

or vacation.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-lll
MODULE: ODOMETER/VIN SUMMARY SCREEN

When you finish the "Alternative Transportation" module, a summary screen will appear instructing you 

about how to proceed.

You will have obtained all of the required information during the first contact for the majority of 

interviews that vou will conduct. In this case. CATI will instruct you to THANK AND TERMINATE.

If one or more odometer readings and/or VINs are missing, read the script which introduces what items 

are needed. HIT ENTER TWICE.

The summary screen shows up to three vehicles at the top (whether or not those vehicles are missing 

information) and what items are needed are shown at the bottom. There may be multiple screens of 

vehicles. FOCUS ON. THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN FIRST TO SEE WHAT ITEMS ARE 

NEEDED and then relate those items to the descriptions of those vehicles at the top. Enter "30" to 

continue.

Read the text asking the respondent to get this information for you. If the respondent won't get the 

information. HALT the interview and schedule a callback. Otherwise. HIT ENTER TWICE TO 

CONTINUE. Wait for the respondent to get the information.

CATI then asks whether or not the respondent has each missing piece of information using a separate 

screen for each item. Answer "YES" or "NO" for each. If a respondent asks that the interview be 

stopped immediately during this series of questions, answer "NO" to each missing item to continue and 

schedule a callback when instructed.

If all information is then obtained. CATI will instruct vou to THANK AND TERMINATE.

If a callback is needed, schedule the callback by respondent name; BE SURE TO GET THE NAME OF 

THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING WITH.

CALLING BACK FOR MISSING INFORMATION

The CATI questionnaire can accommodate up to two additional contacts. You should continue to make 

callbacks as necessary until you have collected all of the needed information or until CATI closes the 

case.

When making the callback, be sure to ask for the designated person. If that person is unavailable, you 

may speak with another person who can give you the needed information. You may have to remind the 

respondent of our previous call. To begin collecting information during the callback, hit ENTER twice 

to reach the first question.

^ 1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-112
APPENDICES

DATA COLLECTION MATERIALS 

MAILED TO RESPONDENTS

y Letter from the Department of Energy

S Letter from Response Analysis

S Odometer Card

/ VIN Card

/ Instruction Page

REFERENCES

Octane Rating to Fuel Grade Conversion Chart

VIN Explanation Card

Answers to Common Questions from Respondents

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-113
Letter from the Department of Energy (Front)

Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

January 1995 

Thank You!

During the last year you have participated in the U.S. Department 

of Energy's (DOE) Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

Survey (RTECS) , This RTECS information, when linked with the 

energy consumption used in the home from the Residential Energy 

Consumption Survey, provides information on all energy used in the 

residential sector. Response Analysis Corporation is the data 

collection contractor for DOE for both surveys.

As part of the RTECS, we now need to update information and ask a 

few additional questions concerning your vehicles and their use. 

Information obtained from you will represent thousands of other 

households that have similar vehicles.

We hope that you will assist us by completing the enclosed cards. 

It will only take a few minutes. After filling out the cards, 

please keep them near your telephone. You will receive a call in 

the next few weeks to get the information.

The information you provide and your identity will be held strictly 

confidential in accordance with the -provisions of the Privacy Act 

of 1974. (See the statement on the other side of this letter for 

further details on the Privacy Act and public reporting burden . ) 

No information linking your name and address with the data you 

provide will ever be given to the Department of Energy or to any 

other government agency.

Your participation is very important to the success of this 

research and is totally voluntary. Please call Jim Devlin .of 

Response Analysis Corporation toll-free at 1-800-888-9213 if you 

have any questions about this survey. Thank you again for your 

cooperation.

Sincerely,

Lynda T. Carlson

Director, Energy End Use and

Integrated Statistics Division 

Energy Information Administration

Enclosure(s)

Pnmoa wtm toy trw. on nscyckM oaosr

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-114
Letter from the Department of Energy (Back)

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE

This Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey (RTECS) 

is being conducted by the Response Analysis Corporation for the 

U.S. Department of Energy. It is authorized under Section 52 of 

the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-275), 

as amended.

The purpose of this survey is to collect information on vehicles 

used by households for personal use to help the Department of 

Energy and other Federal agencies to administer programs, assess 

energy usage, and plan for our energy future.

Once the data about vehicle consumption and expenditures have been 

linked with the information describing your household and we have 

concluded our planned contacts with your household, all information 

linking the data with your name and address will be destroyed.

The Department of Energy will receive only your answers, not vour 

name or address. Your answers will be screened to protect vour 

identity; neither the Department of Enero^r, nor any other 

Government agency, will be able to locate your household.

Your participation in this survey is voluntary.

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN

Public reporting burden is estimated to average 15 minutes for the 

telephone interview and completion of the enclosed cards.

Send comments regarding public reporting burden or any other 

aspects of this collection of information, including suggestions 

for reducing this burden to:

Energy Information Administration 

Office of Statistical Standards 

El-73, Room 205 

1707 H Street, Northwest 

Washington, D.C. 20585

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

Office of Management and Budget 

Washington, D.C. 20503

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-115
Letter from Response Analysis

"7 Wall Streel« P.O. Box 138 « Prinreton. VI. HSVt'-OliS • (inn 9J I M V> • K;L\ liOO !}J I J!i I 1

January 1995

Thank You!

Over the past year your household has been helpful in providing Response Analysis Corporation 

with vital information about your household, vehicles. The 1994 Residential Transportation Energy 

Consumption Survey (RTECS) furnishes the Department of Energy information about the use and 

fuel consumption of vehicles used for personal transportation on the road today.

I now need your assistance with the dosing phase of the survey. During this contact, we swill 

update our records of your household's vehicles and collect information regarding their use dunng 

the past year. Your cooperation is especially important because your household, which cannot 

be replaced in the survey, represents thousands of other households that have similar vehicles, 

or no vehicles at all.

I hops that you will assist us in this final phase by completing the enclosed cards. This will only 

take a few minutes. I have enclosed an instruction page that explains how to use the caras.

After you fill these out, please keep them near your telephone. A representative of Response 

Analysis will be calling you shortly to collect the information you have recorded on the cards

I am also enclosing a letter about this survey from Dr. Lynda T. Cartson of the Energy Information 

Administration. Please note that all information you provide will be kept strictly confidential. No 

information that can be linked to your name or address will ever be furnished to the Department 

of Energy or to any other government agency.

Your voluntary participation in the concluding phase of the 1994 Residential Transportation 

Energy Consumption Survey is very important to the success of the research. Please call me, 

toll-free, at 1 (800) 888-9213 if you have any questions regarding the study.

Thank you again for your continued cooperation. 

Sincerely,

Devlin 

rvey Manager

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-116
Odometer Card (Front and Back)

ODOMETER READING CARD 

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

Form AfjD'Ova: 

OMB No 19G5-OO5S 

Exoiies Ol."3l.-97

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

Please see the instructions on the other 

side of this card before you begin.

Please write down the total mileage 

(odometer reading) for this vehicle ................... Whole Miles Only

and the date on which it was recorded

Check here if household no longer has vehicle

Date Recorded

or odometer is not working

After you have fitted in the information requested, please keep this card near your telephone. A representative 

of Response Analysis will be calling you to record the information. Or, if you will be difficult to reach by phone, 

please call Mr. Jim Devlin, toll-free, at 1 (800) 888-9213.

EIA-879C1 THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

Instructions for Completing Odometer Reading Card

If your odometer (mileage meter) registers tenths of miles, please ignore tenths and record only whole 

number of miles.

If your household no longer has this vehicle or if the odometer does not work, please mark the appropriate 

box on the other side of this card.

If this card has a blank label and your household now owns or regularly uses another vehicle for which we 

did not send an Odometer Reading Card, please record the model year, make name (manufacturer), 

model name, and vehicle type on the card label.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-117
VIN Card (Front and Back)

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey 

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CARD

THIS CARD IS FOR YOUR:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

OMBNo 1905-0068 

Exoiies 01/3 T97

In order lor us to estimate the fuel efficiency of this vehicle, it would be helpful to know the Vehicle identification Number j VIN).

The VIN provides information that enables researchers lo estimate fuel economy tor all types ol cars, trucks, and other vehicles In ihis survey, your

vehicles will represent those from thousands of other households that have a similar vehicle

The VIN is a set of codes assigned to a vehicle at the factory that, when decoded, describes several of the vehicle s characterises. These

charactenstics may then be used to calculate an estimated miles per gallon for that specific type of vehicle

PLEASE SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION 

NUMBER.

For me vehicle descnbed at the top o! the card, please carefully record its Vehicle Identification Number below

VIN: __ __ __' __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _

Check here if you cannot find the Vehicle Identilicalion Number |__I

EIA-879D1

After you have filled in the information requested, please return this card near your telephone. A representative 

of Response Analysis will be calling you to get the information. If you will be difficult to reach by phone, or if you 

have any questions about this survey, call Mr. Jim Devlin, toll-free at, 1 (800) 888-9213.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

PLEASE READ THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD FIRST

INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO FIND THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is a combination ol digits and letters. It is usually 17 letters and digits long. Here is an example ol what the VIN may looK like:

1FABP28A6FF143890 

The Vehicle Identification Number may be found in a number of places:

a On the vehicle.

Look tor a small metal label that can be read while standing outside the vehicle.

LOOK tor the label on the driver's side of the dashboard or on the window post.

Sometimes it is on the driver's door. 

b. On the motor vehicle registration certificate. 

c On an insurance card or insurance policy (or the vehicle, 

d. On the vehicle title.

e On a State safely or emissions inspection certificate. 

I On the bill of.sale for the vehicle.

Caution . . The Vehicle Identification Number is usually not found on your driver's license or on the vehicle license plates.

Once you have located the Vehicle Identification Number, copy it down on the other side ol this card exactly as it appears on the vehicle, or on the 

document you are using

For me sample VIN given above, we would wnte:

VIN: 1 F A B P 2 8 A 6 f F 43890

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-118
Instruction Page

EIA-876A Form Approval

QMS NO: 1905-0068 

Expires 01/31/97

1934 RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION SURVEY

HOW TO USE THE ENCLOSED CARDS 

Please read this first -r- before filling out any cards

1. There are two types of cards in the package.

- ODOMETER CARDS

- VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIM) CARDS

2. The labe! in the upper right comer of each card identifies which vehicle the card is 

for. The information was collected during earlier contacts we have had with your 

household. For each vehicle, we have filled in the label with the year, make, model. 

and type of vehicle. An additional set of odometer and VIN cards has also been 

prepared with blank labels.

3. Cards with complete labels

An odometer card has been prepared for each vehicle recorded for your household. 

Please follow the instructions on the card when recording the requested information. 

If your household no longer owns or has the use of the vehicle, please indicate that 

fact on the card. If the odometer no longer works, indicate that on the card also.

A VIN card has been prepared only for vehicles for which no VIN number was 

reported during earlier contacts, or for which the VIN number was incorrectly recorded. 

If all VIN numbers were reported and recorded correctly, you wili receive no VIN cards 

with complete labels among your cards. If you do receive a VIN card that identifies a 

specific vehicle, please follow the instructions on the card.

4. Cards with blank labels

The odometer and VIN cards with blank iabels-have been provided in the event that 

your household currently owns or uses a vehicle for which we have no record. If your 

household now owns or regularly uses such a vehicle, please complete the identifying 

information requested on the label in addition to recording the odometer and VIN 

information on the respective cards. The identifying information requested is model 

year, make name (manufacturer), model, name and vehicle type. Vehicle types are 

car, station wagon, large van, minrvan, pickup truck, sports-utility vehicle, and other 

(such as motor home). If more than one vehicle has been obtained, please call Mr. 

Jim Deviin, toll-free, at 1(800)888-9213.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-119
Octane Rating to Fuel Grade Conversion Chart

OCTANE RATING FUEL

85 to 87 REGULAR

88 to 90 MIDGRADE

91 or Higher PREMIUM

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-120
VIN Explanation Card

VEHICLE 1 DENTIFICATION NUMBS* (VIN)

G 6 /

••••••iMI

i

—— Man

Mntlnn r

. 5

Make* 

ufactu

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f •a MB

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Eng

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: 6 i o. 8.5. 6

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L— — Sequentia! Produetion

Number

— AnsembSy Plant (HBrntramCk, Michigan) 

i —— Year (1983) 

Check Digit 

ine (4.1 liters, ¥8, Fu*i injection)

—— Body Type {2 Door Coupe) 

Line {El Dorado) 

strains System (Non passive, Mftnuel fcelts) 

Cadillac) 

rer (General Motors)

n flJSAl

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-121
Answers to Common Questions from Respondents

Q. "I am not average."

A. We are interested in your household, regardless of how you use your vehicle(s). This would not 

be a representative survey if we only interviewed households with "average" vehicles and "average" 

driving habits.

Q. "I did this vehicle survey before. I don't want to do it again."

A. We appreciate your helping us with the previous parts of the survey. This is the last phase of the 

study. We really need your cooperation at this time so that we have a complete set of information 

for your household.

Q. "Ask somebody else."

A. We still need your participation. We have followed scientific procedures and cannot substitute 

another household for yours, even at this time. It will mean a great deal to us and to the United 

States Department of Energy if you can take the time to help with our survey.

Q. "I do not want the government to have records on me."

A. The names and addresses of the participants are known only to the research staff at Response 

Analysis Corporation. All of the survey information is kept strictly confidential.

Q. "Can I verify your legitimacy?"

A. You can call Mr. Ron Lambrecht at the U.S. Department of Energy (1-202-586-4962) or Mr. Jim 

Devlin, toll-free, at Response Analysis Corporation (1-800-888-9213). If you call Mr. Lambrecht, 

he will take your number and call you right back. This saves taxpayer dollars.

Q. "I am not using my car at this time."

A. It is important that we collect information on all vehicles, including those that are driven hundreds 

of miles each week and those that are hardly driven at all.

Q. "I don't have any vehicles."

A. We are interested in your household even if you don't have any vehicles at this time. This would 

hot be a representative snrvey if we interviewed only households with vehicles.

Q. "What will be done with this information?

A. This information from this survey will be used to guide government policy makers. The survey will 

provide a comprehensive look at gasoline and diesel fuel consumption nationwide.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-122
041395

RT94-23

1994 Residential Transportation Energy Consumption 

End-of-Year Coding Instructions

The 1994 RTECS end-of-year coding tasks involves up to three sets of edits:

® A member of the -RTECS staff examines interviewer notes generated during the C ATI 

interviews

» The Coding Department reviews all of the "Other, Specify" responses

® A member of the RTECS reviews of all the "Other, Specify" responses not resolved 

by the coders.

The first of these steps was an ongoing process during the field period. Necessary edits were 

made by the RTECS CAT! programmer.

At the close of data collection, the CAT! programmer ran a set of marginals. The marginal 

counts were used to determine which of the 92 questions that included a response category of 

"Other, Specify" actually had at least one "Other" response that needs to be examined by the 

coders. "Other" responses for 33 CAT! questions will need to be coded. Nineteen of the 33 

CAT! questions to code have only three or fewer responses to examine.

When you are finished the task, print a listing of all remaining "Other" responses; give these to 

an RTECS staffer. He will look them over, indicate further edits to make (if any), and return 

them so you can make the edits to the data.

With the following exceptions, code all "Other" responses to a category already provided as a 

precede. The questions you will code are indicated on the attached copies of the questionnaire. 

The preceded response categories are listed there. The only additional editing instructions are:

• Qs. A13/C21: REGULAR AND PREMIUM EQUALLY= 10 

NOT DRIVEN = 17

• Qs. A14/C22: NOT DRIVEN = 7

• Qs. A16/C24: Edit "Not Driven" to "Don't Know" (26)

« Q. C4: "Motor Home" remains as "Uther" (2L).

Please bring any recurring "Other" responses not provided as a precede or mentioned above to 

the attention of a member of the RTECS team for consideration as a separate code.

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-123
IF VEHICLE WAS ACQUIRED AT MID-YEAR CONTACT, ASK Qs. A8-A12. IF VEHICLE WAS 

REPORTED AT BEGMNTNG-OF-YEAR CONTACT, ASK ONLY THOSE QUESTIONS THAT 

WERE NOT ANSWERED THEN.

A8. Does this vehicle have an

automatic transmission or manual

shift?

• • "X. A9. Does it have front-wheel, rear- 

%• al-1 wheel, or 4-wheel drive? (IF 

7 •Lt> RESPONDENT SAYS

\ COMBINATION THAT

, I38i WV INCLUDES 4-WHEEL DRIVE,

MARK "4-WHEEL.")

A 10. Does it have air-conditioning?

(MARK "YES" EVEN IF IT

DOES NOT WORK OR IS NOT

USED.)

X A1 1, How many cylinders does the

£ (?1R engine have?

B,S?o)

— ^ A12. Does the fuel system use a

£ t?l&- carDUretor, fuel injection, or is it a

» . - V diesel or electric engine?

(IF "DIESEL," SKIP TO Q. A14.

EF "ELECTRIC," SKIP TO

Q. A19.)

AUTOMATIC

MANUAL SHIFT

DON'T KNOW

FRONT-WHEEL 

REAR-WHEEL

4-WHEEL

OTHER

(SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

3-CYLINDER

4-CYLINDER

5-CYLINDER

6-CYLINDER

8-CYLINDER

10-CYLINDER

12-CYLINDER

ROTARY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

CARBURETOR

FUEL

INJECTION

DIESEL

ELECTRIC

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-124
««=— =»^ Al 3. During the past year, what kind of

£• CZ 1 ^ue^ did y°u Purchase most often

for this vehicle? Was it . . .?

(84, Wfe Wl., (READ CATEGORIES.)

sW>

fetOtA**teC*M»H66UAUy m |0

Unleaded regular

Unleaded

midgrade

Unleaded premium

Diesel

Leaded gasoline

fOOT &&\\fC|0 ss l*3» Ethanol blend/Gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY)

S. £J22. venicle during the past year,

. ' . which did you use more often,

iW»j I So, 1A*T, full-service pumps or self-service

2?8», £?&) pumps?

MOT >>*W6*i a T- BULK SALES, HOME

A 1 5. What price per gallon did you pay

the last time you purchased fuel

for this vehicle? (IGNORE

TENTHS OF A CENT.)

£. £2-4 at that time? Was il ' ' ' ?

. ' ' (READ CATEGORIES.)

(4*, l**t Wfe, 7S*' 5^

or i»ftwc*j ss. *&>& "^wo^

DON'T KNOW

FULL-SERVICE

SELF-SERVICE/

MINISERVICE

BOTH EQUALLY

TANK/DELIVERY

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DONT KNOW

PRICE

DONT KNOW

Unleaded regular

Unleaded midgrade

Unleaded premium

Diesel

Leaded gasoline

' Ethanol blend/Gasahol

Natural gas

Propane

Alcohol

Other fuel (SPECIFY)

DONT KNOW

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-125
A 17. What is your best estimate of the

average miles per gallon for this

vehicle? (IF "DON'T KNOW,"

SKIP TO Q. A19.)

^>A18. Is your estimate for miles per

£ C.1>(&. gallon from a log that you keep

1 . for fuel purchases, from an

\t £!!>; on-board computer, the advertised

9 ) mpg, or just a rough estimate?

^A19. Which of the following best

£ fl-i "3 describes the type of driving

' conditions for this vehicle:

4, 2&&| mostly stop-and-go, mostly open-

^xS ro ad driving, or some combination

of these?

A20. What is the age and sex of the

household member who usually

drives this vehicle?

A2 1 . Is this vehicle ever used for even

part of a commute to and from

work? (IF "NO'V'DONT

KNOW," GO TO

INSTRUCTIONS AFTER

Q. A24.)

MPG

DON'T KNOW

LOG (RECORDS)

ON-BOARD

COMPUTER

ADVERTISED

MPG

ROUGH

ESTIMATE

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW.

STOP-AND-GO

OPEN-ROAD

COMBINATION

OTHER (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

AGE

95 OR OLDER

DON'T KNOW AGE

MALE

FEMALE

DON'T KNOW SEX

YES

NO

DON'T KNOW

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#2

Number

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1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-126
Section C: Acquired Vehicle Stock Questions

t,

C1. Do you or other members of your household own or 

• have for your personal use any cars, trucks vans, or 

similar vehicles, [CONTINUE EF HOUSEHOLD 

HAD A VEHICLE TO START] in addition to 'those 

we've akeady discussed? (IF RESPONDENT IS 

NOT SURE, DESCRIBE EACH VEHICLE 

CURRENTLY OWNED BY THE HOUSEHOLD.)

IF "YES," TO Q. Cl ASK:

C2. How many additional vehicles do you have?

1 YES - ASK Q. C2

2 NO

6 DON'T KNOW -SKIP TO Q. Dl

1 ONE

2 TWO

3 THREE

4 FOUR OR MORE

—.ASK Q. C3

ASK QS. C3 AND C4, FOR THE 

FIRST ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, 

THEN REPEAT THE TWO 

QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT

6 DON'T KNOW - SKIP TO Q. Dl

Vehicle

ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, AND SO

ON.

C3.

C4. 

* >

iiv

/Her

Please tell me the make, model

name, and year of (this/the first, 

second, third, etc.) vehicle.

DON'T

MAKE

DON'T KNOW

MAKE

MODEL NAME

KNOW MODEL

MODEL YEAR

DON'T KNOW YEAR

Is this vehicle a . . . ? (READ

»

"frTHeft.* (2.1)

Passenger car

Station wagon

Large van

Minivan 

Pickup truck

Sport-utility

Other (SPECIFY)

DON'T KNOW

A

6

B

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C

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IF ANOTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, ASK QS. C3 AND C4.

IF NO OTHER ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, ASK Q. C5 F.OR THE FIRST VEHICLE.

INTERVIEWER INSTRUCTIONS:

Q. C3 A MODEL NAME MAY CONSIST OF SEVERAL FARTS BE SURE TO GfcT THE COMPLfcTt 

NAME. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES, WHERE THE COMPLETE MODEL NAME IS IN 

PARENTHESES: FORD (GALAXEE), CHEVROLET (V-10 SUBURBAN), CMC (V-15 JIMMY), 

TOYOTA (2WD CARGO VAN). IF RESPONDENT DOES NOT KNOW THE NAME OF A TRUCK, 

PROBE FOR SIZE (1/2 TON, 3/4 TON, ETC.)

1994 RTECS Operations Manual/October 1995/A-127
1994 RTECS END-OF-YEAR DATA COLLECTION 

Changes to CATI Data

Batch 

Name

Resp.

#

CAW Paper New 

Value Source Date

HMD/

Veh#

RT94-27 012395