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Age of Main Heating Eqp(All)

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Sum of WeightMain Heating Fuel

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Census DivisionLocationBottled gas (lpg or propane)District steamDont heat homeElectricityFuel oilKeroseneNatural gas from underground pipesSolarSome other fuelWoodGrand Total

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East North Central05%0%0%11%4%0%78%0%0%1%100%

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East North Central Total5%0%0%11%4%0%78%0%0%1%100%

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East South Central013%1%0%46%0%1%36%0%0%3%100%

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East South Central Total13%1%0%46%0%1%36%0%0%3%100%

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Middle Atlantic02%0%0%17%22%1%57%0%1%1%100%

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New York0%0%0%6%40%2%50%0%0%3%100%

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Middle Atlantic Total1%0%0%12%30%1%53%0%0%2%100%

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Mountain04%0%0%27%1%0%65%0%0%3%100%

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Mountain Total4%0%0%27%1%0%65%0%0%3%100%

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New England01%0%0%12%51%4%27%0%1%3%100%

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New England Total1%0%0%12%51%4%27%0%1%3%100%

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Pacific01%0%8%62%3%0%20%0%1%5%100%

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California2%0%1%25%0%1%68%0%0%3%100%

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Pacific Total2%0%3%35%1%1%55%0%0%3%100%

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South Atlantic05%0%0%44%8%3%37%0%0%3%100%

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Florida2%0%4%80%2%1%11%0%0%0%100%

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South Atlantic Total4%0%1%55%6%2%29%0%0%2%100%

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West North Central012%1%0%12%6%0%66%0%0%4%100%

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West North Central Total12%1%0%12%6%0%66%0%0%4%100%

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West South Central03%0%1%34%0%0%60%0%0%2%100%

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Texas4%0%0%41%0%0%54%0%0%0%100%

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West South Central Total4%0%0%39%0%0%56%0%0%1%100%

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Grand Total5%0%1%29%9%1%53%0%0%2%100%

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SOURCE: RECS 1997 and author's calculations

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AUTHOR: Howard Chong (UC Berkeley)

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Notes: Location==0 just means it's not one of the 4 states tagged in the data set. Each data point has an associated weight, this has to do with the stratified sampling of the RECS data collection (which I don't completely understand)