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Table 2 Individual socioeconomic and life style characteristics

From: The relation between cigarette taxes and older adult smoking in Zhejiang and Gansu: what happened following the 2009 Chinese Tax adjustments?

 

All sample

2008

2012

Mean

Std. Error

Mean

Std. Error

Mean

Std. Error

Daily consumed cigarettes No.

12.59

12.82

13.68***

12.77

11.28

12.76

Self reported health

 Excellent

0.01

0.11

0.02***

0.14

0.01

0.07

 Very good

0.07

0.26

0.07***

0.26

0.08

0.27

 Good

0.20

0.40

0.18***

0.38

0.22

0.42

 Fair

0.36

0.48

0.31***

0.46

0.40

0.49

 Poor

0.30

0.46

0.34***

0.47

0.26

0.44

 Very poor

0.06

0.23

0.08***

0.27

0.03

0.16

 Chronic disease

0.68

0.47

0.63***

0.48

0.73

0.45

Demographics

 Age

60.58

9.56

58.77

9.42

62.63

9.31

 Gender

0.96

0.19

0.96

0.19

0.96

0.19

 Marital status

0.84

0.36

0.85

0.36

0.84

0.37

 Family size

3.09

1.44

3.11

1.47

3.06

1.42

Educational attainment

 Primary school and below

0.71

0.45

0.70

0.46

0.71

0.44

 Middle school

0.19

0.39

0.20

0.40

0.19

0.39

 High school and above

0.10

0.30

0.10

0.30

0.10

0.30

 Household income

33059.64

82253.68

32871.38

80275.68

33083.6

82282.84

 Living in urban area

0.25

0.43

0.25

0.43

0.25

0.43

Life style

 Drinking hard liquor

0.50

0.50

0.51

0.50

0.49

0.50

  1. Chi-square test showed that smokers smoked fewer cigarettes and rated their health better in 2013 than in 2008, and these differences were statistically significant. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05,***p < 0.01