Table 1

Descriptive statistics by expenditure quintile (SD in parentheses)

VariablesQuintile 1Quintile 2Quintile 3Quintile 4Quintile 5Total
Female household heads (%)36.333.635.235.530.334.2
(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)
Age of household head (years)50.148.246.748.747.748.3
(17.9)(16.9)(16.4)(15.6)(13.9)(16.2)
Rural area (%)62.151.632.325.513.637.0
(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)(0.4)(0.3)(0.5)
Household members (n)3.44.14.44.44.54.2
(2.1)(2.0)(2.2)(2.1)(2.0)(2.1)
Members aged 15 and above (%)74.471.170.072.574.372.5
(0.3)(0.2)(0.2)(0.2)(0.2)(0.2)
Members aged 18 and above (%)70.365.664.465.768.867.0
(0.3)(0.3)(0.2)(0.2)(0.2)(0.3)
Household head with no education or primary incomplete (%)89.581.066.657.934.465.9
(0.3)(0.4)(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)(0.5)
Household head with primary complete/secondary incomplete (%)6.912.118.515.712.513.1
(0.3)(0.3)(0.4)(0.4)(0.3)(0.3)
Household head with secondary complete (%)3.26.110.316.116.510.4
(0.2)(0.2)(0.3)(0.4)(0.4)(0.3)
Household head with more than secondary complete (%)0.20.94.49.636.310.3
(0.0)(0.1)(0.2)(0.3)(0.5)(0.3)
Total household monthly expenditure (US$)147.8270.3400.1594.71417.9565.8
(46.8)(30.5)(44.7)(79.4)(782.9)(572.5)
Total household monthly expenditure on cigarettes (US$)6.17.69.314.18.99.2
(4.7)(6.9)(8.4)(14.3)(10.9)(10.1)
Quantity of cigarettes purchased (sticks/month, among households with positive expenditures)97.0147.5151.7209.8128.6145.4
(84.5)(174.5)(181.3)(220.5)(170.2)(175.0)
Cigarette unit value per stick (US$)0.10.10.10.10.10.1
(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)(0.1)(0.0)
Budget share of cigarettes (among households with positive expenditures) (%)4.72.82.42.40.82.6
(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)(0.0)
Households with expenditure on cigarettes (%)8.86.77.58.310.28.3
(0.3)(0.2)(0.3)(0.3)(0.3)(0.3)
  • Source: National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2005/2006.