Research Article

A Driving Force Analysis and Forecast for Gas Consumption Demand in China

Table 2

Path Analysis for effect of the total population, proportion of urban residents and GDP.

Independent variablesCombined action Direct action Indirect actionDecision coefficient -test

0.801821−0.3794011.1812221.429608−9.622777
0.8984680.2236230.6748451.6458033.9144691
0.9920091.111109−0.119100−0.15010541.083457