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
  • Guarantees:
    • The vignette Crit’Air is compatible with the fuel type and age of the 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.