Table 2

 Urban and rural household monthly income expenditure patterns and smoking information, 2002

UrbanRural
Poor (n = 140)Near-poor (n = 463)Non-poor (n = 1972)Poor (n = 146)Near-poor (n = 149)Non-poor (n = 534)
Urban: Poor: monthly capita <143 Yuan (or US$0.60 per day); near-poor: 144–286 Yuan; non-poor: >286 Yuan.
Rural: Poor: monthly capita <54 Yuan (or US$0.22 per day); near-poor: 53–83 Yuan; non-poor: >83 Yuan.
*US$  =  8.23 Yuan.
Income (Yuan) and smoking information
    Income5027802769226325863
    Cigarette expenditures (Yuan)*2946127242949
    Percentage of income on cigarettes (%)5.8%5.9%4.6%7.1%8.9%5.7%
    Cigarette consumption (no of packs)7.69.815.521.824.128.8
    Price per pack (Yuan)3.84.78.21.11.21.7
Total expenditures (Yuan)
    Total expenditures4416891392212292582
    Food (%)60.354.940.561.859.242.4
    Housing (%)3.64.28.82.32.47.7
    Education (%)6.65.411.09.510.615.5
    Clothing (%)5.74.510.35.76.56.7
    Cigarettes (%)6.66.79.111.39.98.4
    Other (%)17.224.320.39.44.919.3