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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of key variables

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

Variable

 

Mean/%

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%

   

Urban level

Big city

12%

  

1293

 

Suburbs of a big city

20%

   
 

Village or small city

40%

   
 

Village in the countryside

16%

   
 

House on the countryside

12%

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