Table 3

Conditional cigarette consumption price elasticities among smokers by income groups

High-income subgroupMedium-income subgroupLow-income subgroup
Ln(price)−0.150***−0.142***−0.111
(−0.206 to −0.094)(−0.199 to −0.086)(−0.223 to 0.0002)
Female−0.490***−0.446***−0.380***
(−0.636 to −0.344)(−0.586 to −0.307)(−0.576 to −0.184)
Male (reference category)
Aged 18–24−0.463**−0.435***−0.485**
(−0.747 to −0.179)(−0.677 to −0.193)(−0.817 to −0.154)
Aged 25–39−0.137**−0.080−0.124
(−0.234 to −0.040)(−0.182 to 0.022)(−0.279 to 0.031)
Aged 40–54−0.02580.093*0.045
(−0.108 to 0.056)(0.016 to 0.170)(−0.068 to 0.157)
Aged 55+ (reference category)
Divorce/widowed dummy0.0970.022−0.033
(−0.043 to 0.236)(−0.084 to 0.128)(−0.177 to 0.110)
Single dummy−0.1140.0340.046
(−0.244 to 0.016)(−0.135 to 0.203)(−0.097 to 0.189)
Married dummy (reference category)
Less than HS dummy0.136*0.166*0.029
(0.017 to 0.254)(0.035 to 0.298)(−0.221 to 0.279)
High school dummy0.119***0.132**0.040
(0.051 to 0.186)(0.037 to 0.227)(−0.175 to 0.255)
College dummy (reference category)
Unemployed dummy0.0980.0330.085
(−0.046 to 0.242)(−0.040 to 0.106)(−0.006 to 0.176)
Retired dummy−0.204***−0.103*−0.096
(−0.291 to −0.117)(−0.183 to −0.024)(−0.226 to 0.033)
Employed dummy (reference category)
Constant2.918***2.653***2.652***
(2.756 to 3.081)(2.494 to 2.813)(2.237 to 3.066)
Observations494158932042
  • 95% CI in parentheses; interview wave and city dummies are not shown in the table.

  • *p<0.10, **p<0.05, ***p<0.01.