Main descriptive variables for the Chilean Household Expenditure Survey 2012
| Variables | Total population | No tobacco expenditures | Positive tobacco expenditures | Low tobacco expenditures | Medium tobacco expenditures | High tobacco expnenditures |
| Percentage of households outside Santiago | 42.2% 0.005 | 44.0% 0.006 | 38.1% 0.009 | 41.3% 0.015 | 39.0% 0.015 | 33.9% 0.015 |
| Average number of members | 3.5 0.017 | 3.3 0.019 | 3.9 0.032 | 4.0 0.053 | 4.0 0.055 | 3.7 0.059 |
| Percentage of female household head | 40.5% 0.005 | 41.6% 0.006 | 37.9% 0.009 | 35.5% 0.015 | 40.7% 0.015 | 37.6% 0.015 |
| Age of household head | 52.0 0.151 | 53.3 0.187 | 49.2 0.244 | 47.9 0.404 | 49.3 0.422 | 50.3 0.439 |
| Percentage of households with tobacco expenditures | 30.7% 0.005 | NA NA | NA NA | NA NA | NA NA | NA NA |
| Average schooling of household head | 11.2 0.042 | 11.2 0.051 | 11.3 0.073 | 12.6 0.122 | 11.2 0.118 | 9.9 0.125 |
| Average total expenditure (in Chilean pesos) | $8 09 990 8492 | $7 68 261 10 016 | $9 04 225 15 844 | $1 295 993 36 023 | $8 83 845 22 478 | $5 32 203 12 415 |
| Average budget share in food and beverages (excluding alcoholic beverages) | 27.3% 0.002 | 27.5% 0.002 | 26.9% 0.003 | 22.6% 0.004 | 26.3% 0.004 | 31.9% 0.005 |
| Average budget share in alcoholic beverages | 0.8% 0.000 | 0.7% 0.000 | 1.2% 0.000 | 1.1% 0.001 | 1.3% 0.001 | 1.4% 0.001 |
| Average budget share in tobacco | 1.1% 0.000 | NA NA | 3.4% 0.001 | 0.6% 0.000 | 2.2% 0.000 | 7.5% 0.001 |
| Average budget share in clothing | 3.6% 0.001 | 3.3% 0.001 | 4.2% 0.001 | 4.9% 0.002 | 4.3% 0.002 | 3.4% 0.002 |
| Average budget share in health | 5.3% 0.001 | 5.8% 0.001 | 4.2% 0.001 | 5.4% 0.003 | 4.1% 0.002 | 3.0% 0.002 |
| Average budget share in education | 5.8% 0.001 | 5.7% 0.001 | 5.9% 0.002 | 8.2% 0.003 | 6.5% 0.003 | 3.0% 0.002 |
| Average budget share in housing, electricity, heating | 17.1% 0.001 | 18.0% 0.002 | 15.0% 0.002 | 13.8% 0.003 | 15.1% 0.004 | 16.1% 0.004 |
| Average budget share in transportation | 12.4% 0.001 | 12.1% 0.001 | 13.1% 0.002 | 15.0% 0.004 | 13.5% 0.003 | 10.8% 0.003 |
| Average budget share in other goods and services | 26.7% 0.001 | 26.9% 0.002 | 26.1% 0.002 | 28.5% 0.004 | 26.9% 0.004 | 23.0% 0.004 |
Sample averages, above; SEs, below.
Source: prepared by authors based on EPF.