THE PRICE OF FUEL AND THE USE OF CARS BY HOUSEHOLDS
POLTTOAINEEN!HINTA JA KOTITALOUKSIEN AUTONKAYTTO
Changes in the price of fuel - real and hypothetical - and the use of cars by households were analysed on the basis of cross-sectional and panel data on car-owning household. The interviews were organised by the Statistical Centre in November 1990 and 1991 and in February 1993 and 1994. The use of cars by households is influenced by several different factors. If the price of fuel rises, the households can adjust to the higher cost by adopting one of the following alternatives: (1) by giving up some of their intended trips, (2) by using other modes of transportation - walking, biking or public transport - for part of their trips, (3) by combining several trips, (4) by shortening their trips, (5) by giving up some of the family cars or their only car, or (6) by moving to live closer to their jobs or their services. The distance driven annually by each household was about 25 000 km in 1990-1994. This distance varied depending on the number and ownership of the family cars, the income level, the respondent's age, the number of family members holding jobs and the family type, but it not vary regionally.
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TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)
OPASTINSILTA 12 A
HELSINKI, Finland FIN-00520 -
Authors:
- Pekkarinen, S
- Publication Date: 1995
Language
- Finnish
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 75P+A p.
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Serial:
- TIELAITOKSEN SELVITYKSIA
- Volume: 73
- Issue Number: TIEL 3200349
- Publisher: TIELAITOS (FINNISH NATIONAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION)
- ISSN: 0788-3722
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobiles; Costs; Data collection; Decision making; Economics; Elasticity (Mechanics); Fuels; Households; Motor vehicles; Ownership
- Uncontrolled Terms: Use
- Geographic Terms: Finland
- ITRD Terms: 1243: Car; 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 2248: Decision process; 255: Economics; 5912: Elasticity; 8035: Finland; 3850: Fuel; 309: Household; 9084: Use; 315: Vehicle ownership
- Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00729352
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
- ISBN: 951-726-144-6
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM