Summary statistics of household monthly expenditures and some demographic information in Vietnam
| All population | Tobacco-consuming households | Tobacco-non-consuming households | Differences | |
| 1. Expenditures per capita | ||||
| Value (thousand VND) | ||||
| Total | 3411.26 | 3201.91 | 3682.69 | −480.77*** |
| Tobacco consumption | 19.26 | 34.12 | 0.00 | 34.12*** |
| Total healthcare expenditure | 175.78 | 159.94 | 196.32 | −36.39*** |
| Proportion (%) | ||||
| Total | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 0 |
| Tobacco consumption | 0.56 | 1.07 | 0.00 | 1.07 |
| Total healthcare expenditure | 5.15 | 5.00 | 5.33 | −0.33 |
| 2. Household characteristics | ||||
| Average household size | 3.71 | 4.01 | 3.31 | 0.71*** |
| Average age | 38.99 | 36.78 | 41.87 | −5.10*** |
| Average number of children | 1.10 | 1.21 | 0.94 | 0.27*** |
| 3. Survey characteristics | ||||
| Number of provinces | 63 | 63 | 63 | |
| Number of districts | 704 | 694 | 658 | |
| Number of households | 9396 | 5438 | 3958 | |
| 4. Other statistics | ||||
| NPL (thousand VND) | 997.50 |
***p<0.001.
Source: Authors’ calculation using VHLSS 2018 and GSO-WB.
GSO-WB, General Statistics Office of Vietnam and the World Bank; NPL, national poverty line; VHLSS, Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey; VND, Vietnamese dong.