Table 2

Mean tests for budget share for households not consuming tobacco minus the budget share of households consuming tobacco‡

Total households consuming tobaccoLow tobacco consumptionMedium tobacco consumptionHigh tobacco consumption
Food and beverage (excluding alcoholic beverages)0.007*
0.003		0.053**
0.005		0.007†
0.005		−0.041**
0.005
Alcoholic beverages−0.006**
0.000		−0.004**
0.001		−0.006**
0.001		−0.008**
0.001
Clothing−0.008**
0.001		−0.017**
0.002		−0.009**
0.002		0.001
0.002
Health0.014**
0.002		0.001
0.003		0.014**
0.003		0.026**
0.003
Education−0.004*
0.002		−0.026**
0.004		−0.009†
0.003		0.024**
0.003
Housing, electricity, heating0.029**
0.003		0.041**
0.004		0.025**
0.004		0.019**
0.005
Transportation−0.009†
0.003		−0.029**
0.004		−0,008*
0.004		0.012*
0.004
Other goods/services0.011*
0.003		−0.014*
0.005		0.007†
0.005		0.043**
0.005

  • *p<0.05; **p<0.01; †p<0.1

  • ‡Figure above is the difference of means relative to households with no tobacco expenditures. A positive (negative) figure implies that average budget shares of non-smoking households are higher (lower) than the respective smoking group. Figures are SEs.