Table 3

Predictors of purchasing national brands, weighted GEE model (dependent variable=1 if brand of last purchase was national)

Explanatory variablesOR95% CI
Age (years
 18 to 241
 25 to 391.510.98 to 2.32
 40 to 54**2.591.69 to 3.98
 55or more**4.272.72 to 6.72
Sex
 Male1
 Female**0.590.45 to 0.76
Education
 Primary graduate or less1
 Secondary**0.500.37 to 0.67
 High school graduate**0.320.22 to 0.45
 College or more**0.230.15 to 0.34
Income
 Low (MX$0 to MX$3000)1
 Medium (MX$3001 to MX$5000)0.880.72 to 1.07
 High (MX$5001 or more)*0.790.63 to 0.99
 Don't know0.920.68 to 1.23
Smoking status
 Less than daily1
 Daily, five cigarettes per day or less1.220.98 to 1.53
 Daily, more than five cigarettes per day**1.681.34 to 2.11
 Waves of participation**1.261.15 to 1.37
Survey wave
 20081.110.95 to 1.30
 20101
 20110.930.80 to 1.08
 Observations4601
  • *p<0.05, **p<0.01.

  • GEE, generalised estimating equations.