BMF CP 111: Household Structure and Smart Home Energy Management System Adoption Willingness across Urban and Rural United States

The current study is conducted to examine the following research questions:

• How is the household’s structure associated with its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system?
•  Is the relationship between the household’s structure and its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system conditional on the proportion of children within the household?
• Is the relationship between the household’s structure and its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system conditional on the proportion of older adults within the household?
• How is the household’s income associated with its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system?
• How is the household’s house size associated with its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system?
• Is the relationship between the household’s house size and its willingness to adopt a smart home energy management system conditional on the age of the house?
• What are the differences in these relationships between families residing in urban and rural areas?

The original dataset was collected by Fuentes et al. (2025) and can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02185-0