Table 4.

Regression results for average cigarette prices by channel, Nielsen SCANTRACK, 2009

Variable	Grocery	Drug	Convenience

Minimum price market	−0.215^*** (0.069)	−0.248^** (0.113)	−0.096 (0.062)
Unemployment rate (per cent)	4.368^** (1.728)	2.802 (2.264)	−2.874^* (1.618)
Median household income (US$10 000/year)	0.011^** (0.004)	0.018^*** (0.006)	−0.005 (0.004)
Per cent non-white (per cent)	−0.289 (0.420)	2.782^*** (0.733)	0.807^* (0.406)
Q2	0.593^*** (0.090)	0.568^*** (0.108)	0.642^*** (0.082)
Q3	0.616^*** (0.091)	0.670^*** (0.111)	0.745^*** (0.083)
Q4	0.626^*** (0.091)	0.560^*** (0.110)	0.818^*** (0.083)
Constant	2.370^*** (0.508)	−0.509 (0.825)	2.912^*** (0.480)
R²	0.3385	0.6196	0.5516
N	204	40	100

^***

p<0.01

^**

p<0.05

p<0.10.

Results are ordinary least squares (OLS) regression coefficients (SE). Quarter 1 is the referent category for the quarterly indicators.