Variable type | Variable name | Variable description | Full sample (n=315 353) | Smokers only (n=29 782) | ||||
Mean | Min | Max | Mean | Min | Max | |||
Individual level | Current smoker | 1 if smoked at least one cigarette in past month, 0 otherwise | 0.09 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cigarette demand | Number of cigarettes smoked in past month | 6.3 | 0 | 630 | 66.5 | 1.5 | 630 | |
Age | Age in years | 14.0 | 8.7 | 19.4 | 14.5 | 10.1 | 19.0 | |
Male | 1 if male, 0 otherwise | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0 | 1 | |
Pocket money | 1 if receives pocket money/income, 0 otherwise | 0.61 | 0 | 1 | 0.84 | 0 | 1 | |
Parental smoking | 1 if at least one parent smokes, 0 otherwise | 0.47 | 0 | 1 | 0.64 | 0 | 1 | |
Site level | Anti-smoking sentiment | Proportion of non-smokers who support bans on public smoking | 0.83 | 0.40 | 0.96 | |||
Cig. advertising exposure | Proportion of survey respondents who report recent exposure to cigarette advertising in print media | 0.87 | 0.44 | 0.99 | ||||
Anti-tobacco media exposure | Proportion of survey respondents who report recent exposure to anti-smoking media messages | 0.83 | 0.61 | 1.00 | ||||
Youth access | Proportion of survey respondents who report being unable to buy cigarettes due to age | 0.36 | 0.05 | 0.87 | ||||
Country level | Price, local brand | Real price of local-brand cigarettes, PPP-adjusted, constant year 2000 USD | 2.44 | 1.08 | 5.16 | |||
Price, foreign brand | Real price of foreign-brand cigarettes, PPP-adjusted, constant year 2000 USD | 3.32 | 1.45 | 8.94 |
PPP, purchasing power parity.