Characteristics | All current smokers at each wave | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wave 3 (2008) | Wave 4 (2010) | Wave 5 (2011) | ||||
n=1644 | n=1572 | n=1507 | ||||
%/mean | n | %/mean | n | %/mean | n | |
Age (years) | ||||||
18–24 | 18.55 | 305 | 16.67 | 262 | 15.76 | 237 |
25–39 | 36.62 | 602 | 36.45 | 573 | 37.57 | 565 |
40–54 | 28.41 | 467 | 28.56 | 449 | 29.19 | 439 |
55 or more | 16.42 | 270 | 18.32 | 288 | 17.49 | 263 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 63.14 | 1038 | 62.79 | 987 | 62.66 | 943 |
Female | 36.86 | 606 | 37.21 | 585 | 37.34 | 562 |
Education level* | ||||||
Primary or less | 26.93 | 440 | 30.79 | 484 | 28.66 | 431 |
Secondary | 29.38 | 480 | 30.79 | 484 | 32.05 | 482 |
High school | 26.99 | 441 | 24.36 | 383 | 24.73 | 372 |
Graduate or more | 16.71 | 273 | 14.06 | 221 | 14.56 | 219 |
Monthly household income** | ||||||
Low (MX$0 to MX$3000) | 25.03 | 409 | 28.18 | 443 | 21.51 | 324 |
Medium (MX$3001 to MX$5000) | 24.54 | 401 | 24.62 | 387 | 34.00 | 512 |
High (MX$5001 or more) | 38.49 | 629 | 39.95 | 628 | 37.92 | 571 |
Don't know | 11.93 | 195 | 7.25 | 114 | 6.57 | 99 |
Waves of participation* | 2.89 | 1644 | 2.95 | 1567 | 2.76 | 1503 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Less than daily | 33.9 | 557 | 33.04 | 517 | 32.02 | 481 |
Daily, five cigarettes per day or less | 30.55 | 502 | 30.29 | 474 | 32.29 | 485 |
Daily, more than five cigarettes per day | 35.54 | 584 | 36.68 | 574 | 35.69 | 536 |
Form of last cigarette purchase** | ||||||
Pack of cigarettes | 82.31 | 1349 | 79.05 | 1234 | 76.14 | 1139 |
Single cigarette | 16.78 | 275 | 20.24 | 316 | 23.13 | 346 |
Carton of cigarette packs | 0.92 | 15 | 0.70 | 11 | 0.74 | 11 |
Brand of last cigarette purchase* † | ||||||
International | 78.42 | 1272 | 79.20 | 1226 | 82.02 | 1200 |
National | 21.58 | 350 | 20.80 | 322 | 17.98 | 263 |
Price per cigarette at last purchase**‡ | ||||||
International brands, packs of cigarettes | 1.47 | 1025 | 1.61 | 933 | 1.93 | 896 |
International brands, single cigarettes | 2.50 | 233 | 3.15 | 278 | 3.39 | 289 |
National brands, packs of cigarettes | 1.16 | 311 | 1.21 | 287 | 1.60 | 204 |
National brands, single cigarettes | 2.27 | 36 | 2.29 | 31 | 3.27 | 47 |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01; p values for the association of survey wave and variables.
†International brands include Marlboro, Camel, Benson and other international brands purchased by less than 2% of respondents (eg, Pall Mall, Lucky Strike, Salem); national brands include Montana, Delicados, Boots, Raleigh and other national brands purchased by less than 2% of respondents (eg, Broadway, Alas, Fiesta, Faros).
‡Prices per cigarette are in Mexican pesos (MX$), adjusted for inflation to April 2012. The exchange rate in April 2012 was MX$12.99 per US$.