Table 1

Daily expenditure on bidis according to the reported level of daily income

Daily income (taka)Daily expenditure on bidis (taka) (mean)% of daily income spent on bidis% of respondents
51–1007.49.913.5
101–1507.96.426.6
151–2008.64.925.1
201–2507.73.416.2
251–3007.62.812.4
300+7.12.36.2
Weighted average7.95.3