Ecological, financial, social and societal motives for cooperative energy prosumerism: measuring preference heterogeneity in a Belgian energy cooperative

Table 10 Descriptive statistics of post-experimental survey items

Variable		Mean/%	Mode	Min	Max	Total N
Ecological motivations		47.7		0	100	1295
Social motivations		11.6		0	100	1295
Societal motivations		17.2		0	100	1295
Financial motivations		23.5		0	100	1295
Age		57.9		25	89	1295
Male		84%				1281
Education	Lower education	2%				1282
	High school	22%
	Graduate school (graduate degree or professional bachelor)	33%
	University: bachelor degree	3%
	University: master degree	30%
	Master-after-master or postgraduate degree	6%
	PhD	5%
Household income	0–19.999	6%				1164
	20.000–39.999	32%
	40.000–59.999	34%
	60.000–79.999	16%
	80.000–99.999	7%
	100.000 or more	5%
Membership shareholder		2009	2003	1991	2022	1026
Membership client		2009	2003	2003	2022	1027
Number of shares			1 to 5	1 to 5	More than 20	1229
Urban level	Big city	12%				1293
	Suburbs of a big city	20%
	Village or small city	40%
	Village in the countryside	16%
	Farm on the countryside	12%
Household size		2.6		1	20	1295
Electricity use	Less than 1500 kwh	22%				1142
	1500–1999 kwh	13%
	2000–2499 kwh	10%
	2500–2999 kwh	12%
	3000–3499 kwh	13%
	3500–3999 kwh	8%
	4000 kwh or more	22%
Electricity bill per month	0–50 Euros	27%				684
	51–100 Euros	34%
	101–150 Euros	17%
	151–200 Euros	11%
	201–250 Euros	4%
	251–300 Euros	2.6%
	301–350 Euros	1.5%
	351–400 Euros	0.75%
	401–450 Euros	0.75%
	451–500 Euros	0.58%
	501–550 Euros	0.17%
	551–600 Euros	0%
	601–650 Euros	0.17%
	651–700 Euros	0.17%
	More than 700 Euros	0.42%
Electric car		11%				1293
Electric cooking		69%				1293
Heat pump	No	88%				1295
	Yes, hybrid heat pump	1%
	Yes, heat pump	11%
Solar panels		64%				1295

In calculation of the descriptive statistics the “would rather not say” and “I don’t know” observations are excluded

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