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