Cars

Sort order: car_id

Indexing

car_id

Unique identifier of the car.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • Values range from 1 to the number of cars.

household_id

Identifier of the household which owns that car.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • There exists a household with this household_id.
  • The value is not null.

car_index

Index of the car among the household’s cars.

• Type: UInt8
• Guarantees:
  • Values are unique within a household and range from 1 to the number of cars (whose characteristics are known) for that household.
  • The value is not null.

original_car_id

Identifier of the car in the original data.

• Type: Struct whose fields depend on the survey

Characteristics

type

Type of car / vehicle.

• Modalities:
  • "passenger_car": a standard car (“véhicule de tourisme”)
  • "recreational_car": “camping-car” and similar
  • "utility_car": “véhicule utilitaire” (usually defined as having a payload larger than 800kg)
  • "license_free_car": a car that does not require a driving license to be driven

fuel_type

Fuel type that the car is using.

• Modalities:
  • "thermic:petrol": “essence” (“sans plomb” or “super”)
  • "thermic:diesel": “diesel”
  • "thermic:gas": “gaz”
  • "electric": “électrique”
  • "hybrid:regular": “hybride non-rechargeable” (unspecified engine type)
  • "hybrid:regular:petrol": “hybride non-rechargeable” (petrol engine)
  • "hybrid:regular:diesel": “hybride non-rechargeable” (diesel engine)
  • "hybrid:plug-in": “hybride rechargeable”
  • "hybrid:unspecified": “hybride” (without additional details)
  • "other"

fuel_type_group

Fuel type of the car in general groups.

• Modalities:
  • "thermic"
  • "electric"
  • "hybrid": hybrid car (regular or plug-in)
  • "other"
• Guarantees:
  • The value is consistent with fuel_type.

year

Year during which the car was used for the first time.

• Type: UInt16
• Guarantees:
  • The value is not earlier than 1900.
  • The value is not in the future.

tax_horsepower

Tax horsepower of the car (“cheval fiscale CV”).

• Type: UInt16

critair

Crit’Air vignette of the car.

• Modalities:
  • "E": Vignette Crit’Air E
  • "1": Vignette Crit’Air 1
  • "2": Vignette Crit’Air 2
  • "3": Vignette Crit’Air 3
  • "4": Vignette Crit’Air 4
  • "5": Vignette Crit’Air 5
  • "N": Unclassified vehicle

Usage

total_mileage

Total mileage of the car, in kilometers.

Note that, depending on the survey and the respondent, the value might not be very accurate.

• Type: UInt32

total_mileage_lower_bound

Lower bound for the total mileage of the car, in kilometers.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • The value is not larger than total_mileage.

total_mileage_upper_bound

Upper bound for the total mileage of the car, in kilometers.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • The value is not small than total_mileage_lower_bound.
  • The value is not larger than total_mileage.

annual_mileage

Estimated annual mileage of the car, in kilometers.

Note that, depending on the survey and the respondent, the value might not be very accurate.

• Type: UInt32

annual_mileage_lower_bound

Lower bound for the estimated annual mileage of the car, in kilometers.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • The value is not larger than annual_mileage.

annual_mileage_upper_bound

Upper bound for the estimated annual mileage of the car, in kilometers.

• Type: UInt32
• Guarantees:
  • The value is not small than annual_mileage_lower_bound.
  • The value is not larger than annual_mileage.

Ownership

ownership

Type of ownership for the car.

• Modalities:
  • "personal": the car is owned by the household
  • "employer:full_availability": the car is owned by an employer of a household member and is made available for unlimited used (“voiture de fonction”)
  • "employer:limited_availability": the car is owned by an employer of a household member and is made available for limited used (“voiture de service”)
  • "shared": the car is shared between multiple households
  • "leasing": the car is rented by the household over a long period of time
  • "other": other type of ownership

Parking

parking_location

Type of location usually used to park the car overnight.

• Modalities:
  • "garage": the car is parked in a private garage
  • "street": the car is parked in the street
  • "parking_lot": the car is park in a parking lot
  • "other": other parking location

parking_type

Type of parking (paid or free) usually used to park the car overnight.

• Modalities:
  • "forbidden": the car is parked in a forbidden location
  • "free": the car is parked in a free location
  • "paid": the car is parked in a paid location, the person paies
  • "paid_by_other": the car is parked in a paid location, someone else paies
  • "other": other types
• Guarantees:
  • If parking_location is null, then the value is null.