Table 1

Descriptive statistics by expenditure quintile (SD in parentheses)

 Variables Quintile 1 Quintile 2 Quintile 3 Quintile 4 Quintile 5 Total Female household heads (%) 36.3 33.6 35.2 35.5 30.3 34.2 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) Age of household head (years) 50.1 48.2 46.7 48.7 47.7 48.3 (17.9) (16.9) (16.4) (15.6) (13.9) (16.2) Rural area (%) 62.1 51.6 32.3 25.5 13.6 37.0 (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.4) (0.3) (0.5) Household members (n) 3.4 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 (2.1) (2.0) (2.2) (2.1) (2.0) (2.1) Members aged 15 and above (%) 74.4 71.1 70.0 72.5 74.3 72.5 (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) Members aged 18 and above (%) 70.3 65.6 64.4 65.7 68.8 67.0 (0.3) (0.3) (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) Household head with no education or primary incomplete (%) 89.5 81.0 66.6 57.9 34.4 65.9 (0.3) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) (0.5) Household head with primary complete/secondary incomplete (%) 6.9 12.1 18.5 15.7 12.5 13.1 (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) (0.3) Household head with secondary complete (%) 3.2 6.1 10.3 16.1 16.5 10.4 (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) (0.3) Household head with more than secondary complete (%) 0.2 0.9 4.4 9.6 36.3 10.3 (0.0) (0.1) (0.2) (0.3) (0.5) (0.3) Total household monthly expenditure (US$) 147.8 270.3 400.1 594.7 1417.9 565.8 (46.8) (30.5) (44.7) (79.4) (782.9) (572.5) Total household monthly expenditure on cigarettes (US$) 6.1 7.6 9.3 14.1 8.9 9.2 (4.7) (6.9) (8.4) (14.3) (10.9) (10.1) Quantity of cigarettes purchased (sticks/month, among households with positive expenditures) 97.0 147.5 151.7 209.8 128.6 145.4 (84.5) (174.5) (181.3) (220.5) (170.2) (175.0) Cigarette unit value per stick (US\$) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.1) (0.0) Budget share of cigarettes (among households with positive expenditures) (%) 4.7 2.8 2.4 2.4 0.8 2.6 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) Households with expenditure on cigarettes (%) 8.8 6.7 7.5 8.3 10.2 8.3 (0.3) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.3)
• Source: National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2005/2006.