Table 1.
Descriptive Data regarding Demographic Variables, Smoking Variables, and the Cigarette Purchase Task (CPT) Demand Metrics (N =138).
| Measure | Mean/% | SD | Median | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic Variables | ||||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 51% | |||
| Female | 49% | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Black | 3.6% | |||
| Latino | 9.4% | |||
| White | 84.1% | |||
| Other | 2.9% | |||
| Age | 16.50 | 14.08 | 17 | 14–19 |
| Socio Economic Status | ||||
| lowest | 19.1% | |||
| middle | 7.3% | |||
| highest | 73.5% | |||
| Smoking Variables | ||||
| Motivation to Change | 5.39 | 1.88 | 5 | 1–10 |
| Cigarettes per Day | 5.97 | 5.99 | 3.89 | 0–38.07 |
| Nicotine Dependence | 3.85 | 1.88 | 4 | 0–9 |
| CPT Demand Metrics | ||||
| Intensity | 21.54 | 15.85 | 20 | 1–83 |
| Omax | 16.9 | 46.94 | 6.5 | 0–282 |
| Elasticity | .023 | .023 | .013 | .0001–.11 |
| Breakpoint | 8.87 | 22.54 | 3 | 0–142 |
| Pmax | 10.95 | 47.15 | 1.5 | 0–282 |
Note: Omax = maximum output (expenditure); Pmax = Price maximum
Socio economic status was coded as: highest income (private school students and students who attended public school with full pay lunch), middle income (students who attended public school and qualified for a reduced-price school lunch), and lowest income (students who attended public school and qualified for a free school lunch).