College Students’ Choice Behavior of Electric Two-Wheeled Vehicle

Table 6

Description of significant variables in the models.

Explanatory variable	Average mean	Standard deviation	Min	Max	Value setting	References
Gender	0.55	0.49	0	1	0: female,	Lee et al. [9]; Brückmann et al. [18]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
					1: male
Age of junior college students	20.63	2.08	18	45	18–45 years old, adopt the actual filled-in value for setting	Lee et al. [9]; Brückmann et al. [18]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
Family size	4.46	1.11	1	12	1–12 persons/household, adopt the actual filled-in value for setting	Brückmann et al. [18]
Personal monthly income	845.29	435.04	360.88	2887.04	Adopt the actual filled-in value for setting	Lee et al. [9]; Brückmann et al. [18]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
Variable cost of two-wheeled vehicle	272.9	117.5	61.4	776.6	Variable cost = fuel cost + maintenance cost + parking fee, which is the value after adding the checked values	Eccarius and Lu [10]
Vehicle purchase price	2124.9	866.9	288.7	7939.4	Adopted the median of the checked value for setting	Eccarius and Lu [10]
Vehicle fuel cost per week	101.651	56.183	22	317	Adopted the median of the checked value for setting	Eccarius and Lu [10]
Reason for choosing traditional vehicles_the price of ETWVs is too high	0.351	0.478	0	1	1: reason for choosing traditional FTWVs_the price of ETWVs is too high	Thuy and Hong [7]
					0: otherwise
Reason for choosing traditional vehicles_poor endurance of ETWVs	0.386	0.487	0	1	1: reason for choosing traditional FTWVs_poor endurance of ETWVs	Thuy and Hong [7]
					0: otherwise
Reason for choosing electric vehicle_there is a car purchase subsidy	0.240	0.427	0	1	1: reason for choosing ETWVs_those who have purchase subsidies; 0: otherwise	Thuy and Hong [7]
Reasons for choosing electric vehicle_the price of electric car is reasonable	0.053	0.225	0	1	1: reason for choosing ETWVs_the price of ETWV is reasonable	Thuy and Hong [7]
					0: otherwise
Choose electric vehicle reason_fuel tax/license tax exemption	0.192	0.394	0	1	1: reason for choosing ETWVs_fuel tax/license tax exempt	Thuy and Hong [7]
					0: otherwise
Reasons for choosing electric vehicle_good operating efficiency (horsepower, speed, driving distance, etc.)	0.079	0.270	0	1	1: reason for choosing ETWVs_those with good operating efficiency (horsepower, extreme speed, driving distance, etc.)	Thuy and Hong [7]
					0: otherwise
It is my duty to take practical actions and buy ETWVs to protect the environment and limit greenhouse gas emissions	3.775	1.068	1	5	1: strongly disagree	Thuy and Hong [7]
					2: partly disagree;
					3: neutral
					4: partly agree
					5: strongly agree
I look forward to trying/using ETWVs again	3.534	1.007	1	5	1: strongly disagree	Huang [7]; Thuy and Hong [7]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
					2: partly disagree
					3: neutral
					4: partly agree
					5: strongly agree
I think at the current price of ETWVs, it has provided good value	3.044	0.940	1	5	1: strongly disagree	Thuy and Hong [7]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
					2: partly disagree
					3: neutral
					4: partly agree
					5: strongly agree
The government cash subsidy policy is very attractive for me to buy ETWVs	3.421	1.046	1	5	1: strongly disagree	Eccarius and Lu [10]
					2: partly disagree
					3: neutral
					4: partly agree
					5: strongly agree
I think using ETWVs can improve the quality of going out	3.441	0.927	1	5	1: strongly disagree	Thuy and Hong [7]; Huang [7]; Eccarius and Lu [10]
					2: partly disagree
					3: neutral
					4: partly agree
					5: strongly agree
The acceptable price of ETWV	1917.2	824.34	0	1082.6	Adopt the actual filled-in value for setting	—
High household income (greater than the sample average US$2835/month) + male + agreed to spend more money on ETWVs for environmental protection	0.114	0.318	0	1	0: those who do not belong to this group	—
					1: those who belong to this group
High household income (greater than the sample average US$2835/month) + male + agree that electric car is the first choice to buy a car in the future	0.062	0.241	0	1	0: those who do not belong to this group	—
					1: those who belong to this group