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The estimated cigarette price and income elasticities of different types of current smokers during 2000–2001 and during 2002–2003a |
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| 2000–2001 |
2002–2003 |
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| Characteristics |
Price elasticity |
Income elasticity |
Price elasticity |
Income elasticity |
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| Overall |
-0.3352 |
(-4.355)* |
0.0055 |
(0.849) |
-0.4062 |
(-3.102)* |
0.0174 |
(2.331)* |
| Gender |
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| Male |
-0.3107 |
(-4.036)* |
0.0020 |
(0.291) |
-0.3930 |
(-2.935)* |
0.0194 |
(2.450)* |
| Female |
-0.1223 |
(-0.312) |
-0.0206 |
(-0.820) |
-0.1406 |
(-0.251) |
-0.0476 |
(-1.903) |
| Age |
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| 17–24 |
-0.4022 |
(-0.645) |
0.0368 |
(1.151) |
-0.1057 |
(-0.144) |
0.0420 |
(1.532) |
| 25–34 |
-0.0528 |
(-0.274) |
-0.0038 |
(-0.227) |
0.2300 |
(0.734) |
0.0315 |
(1.822) |
| 35–44 |
-0.1835 |
(-1.425) |
-0.0028 |
(-0.206) |
-0.2154 |
(-1.023) |
-0.0060 |
(-0.422) |
| 45–54 |
-0.1540 |
(-1.087) |
0.0048 |
(0.388) |
-0.4100 |
(-1.624) |
-0.0107 |
(-0.724) |
| 55- |
-0.2453 |
(-1.073) |
-0.0080 |
(-0.608) |
-0.0475 |
(-0.118) |
0.0008 |
(0.044) |
| Education |
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| College and above |
-0.1070 |
(-0.514) |
-0.0133 |
(-0.584) |
-0.7007 |
(-2.047)* |
0.0919 |
(4.148)* |
| Senior high school |
-0.2772 |
(-2.273)* |
0.0211 |
(1.825) |
-0.5369 |
(-2.703)* |
0.0233 |
(2.069)* |
| Junior high school |
-0.5766 |
(-4.093)* |
0.0275 |
(2.552)* |
0.1789 |
(0.833) |
0.0279 |
(2.058)* |
| Preliminary or lower |
0.0560 |
(0.302) |
-0.0056 |
(-0.440) |
-0.0392 |
(-0.118) |
-0.0191 |
(-1.244) |
| Month income |
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| No income |
-0.5103 |
(-2.193)* |
-0.8363 |
(-2.014)* |
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| <NT $20,000 |
-0.4570 |
(-2.373)* |
-0.7478 |
(-2.316)* |
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| NT $ 20,000–39,999 |
-0.4805 |
(-3.953)* |
-0.2861 |
(-1.345) |
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| NT $ 40,000–59,999 |
-0.1562 |
(-0.951) |
-0.2624 |
(-1.022) |
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| ≥ NT $ 60,000 |
0.2341 |
(1.050) |
-0.1152 |
(-0.301) |
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| Smoking degree |
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| Light smokers |
-0.1984 |
(-2.046)* |
0.0087 |
(1.120) |
-0.5320 |
(-3.293)* |
0.0172 |
(1.956) |
| Medium smokers |
-0.0228 |
(-0.914) |
-0.0005 |
(-0.198) |
-0.2600 |
(-5.068)* |
-0.0046 |
(-1.514) |
| Heavy smokers |
0.2573 |
(1.973)* |
-0.0083 |
(-0.820) |
-0.0006 |
(-0.005) |
0.0010 |
(0.137) |
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a. t ratios are shown in parentheses. * p < 0.05. | ||||||||
Lee et al. BMC Public Health 2004 4:61 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-4-61 |
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