Electricity Demand Projection Using a Path-Coefficient Analysis and BAG-SA Approach: A Case Study of China

Table 2

The direct and indirect contributions of different affecting factors to the electricity demand of China.

Independent; variable	Total effect	Direct effect	Total indirect effect	Indirect effect via	Indirect effect via	Indirect effect via	Indirect effect via	Indirect effect via
	0.946	0.329	0.617	—	0.169	0.317	0.062	0.069
	0.935	0.173	0.762	0.321	—	0.307	0.063	0.071
	0.942	0.320	0.622	0.326	0.166	—	0.062	0.068
	0.579	0.142	0.437	0.338	−0.168	0.337	—	−0.070
	−0.929	−0.072	−0.857	−0.318	−0.170	−0.305	−0.064	—