Table 1

Descriptive statistics

VariableNon-smoking householdsSmoking households
TotalTotalLow income (MXN)Middle incomeHigh income
Total expenditure (MXN)111 844136 63995 119118 418171 301
Resource allocation (% of total expenditure)
Tobacco5.2%4.8%5.0%5.5%
Food at home39.3%34.1%43.4%36.5%27.6%
Food away from home3.6%5.0%2.7%4.3%6.7%
Healthcare10.6%8.9%9.7%9.4%8.2%
Alcoholic beverages0.3%1.8%1.2%1.6%2.2%
Education3.4%2.5%2.3%2.4%2.7%
Entertainment1.6%1.8%1.6%1.7%2.0%
Housing22.6%21.0%19.7%21.4%21.4%
Clothing2.9%3.3%3.1%3.2%3.4%
Transport10.3%9.7%8.4%9.6%10.5%
Durable goods1.9%2.4%1.3%2.1%3.3%
Other3.3%4.2%1.7%2.9%6.4%
Individuals per household3.63.44.63.72.5
Male/female0.91.11.11.21.1
  • All differences are significant, except clothing. This is shown in online supplemental appendix I. Source: Prepared by Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria (CIEP) with data from National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure (ENIGH) 2020.6