Lifetime of household appliances: empirical evidence of users behaviour

Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA
E GutiérrezP González-Torre

Abstract

The household appliance industry is one of the most important sectors from both the economic and environmental point of view. A greater understanding of the way in which consumers of these items behave would help to better plan the recycling needs as a function of previous purchase figures. This paper presents the findings of a field survey of Spanish consumer habits with respect to different common household appliances as regards replacement time and the reasons for replacing these appliances. The methodology used is based on survival analysis; specifically, a competing risks model. A Cox proportional hazards model is also used for the sake of comparison. Our results show that as the number of people and/or persons under 18 years in the household increases, the lifetimes of some types of appliance decrease significantly. Competing risk model shows that the probability of replacing the refrigerator due to malfunction and technological obsolescence increases with the increase of family members with a higher education. We also provide the cumulative incidence function for different appliances, which can be used to forecast future demands and electrical and electronic waste generation.

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Jun 7, 2002·Lifetime Data Analysis·S B Kulathinal, Dario Gasbarra
Apr 26, 2006·Biostatistics·Jong-Hyeon Jeong, Jason P Fine
Aug 11, 2006·Statistics in Medicine·Melania Pintilie

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Nov 20, 2014·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·V Pérez-BelisV Ibáñez-Forés
Jul 8, 2017·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Dhiego Raphael Rodrigues AraujoSimone Machado Santos

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