Table 2.
Variables definition
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Quantity(cigarette) | Daily number of cigarette smoked |
| Quantity(alcohol) | Daily number of drinks |
| Low strain | = 1 if job strain score belongs to the first quantile, 0 otherwise |
| Medium strain | = 1 if job strain score belongs to the second quantile, 0 otherwise |
| High strain | = 1 if job strain score belongs to the third quantile, 0 otherwise |
| Real cigarette tax | = Real excise cigarette tax per carton |
| Trend | = Linear year trend |
| Male | = 1 if gender is male, 0 otherwise |
| Female | = 1 if gender is female, 0 otherwise |
| Married | = 1 if married/living with a partner/common-law, 0 otherwise |
| Separated | = 1 if widowed/separated/divorced, 0 otherwise |
| Single | = 1 if never married, 0 otherwise (base category) |
| Less than secondary | = 1 if education is less than secondary, 0 otherwise |
| secondary | = 1 if education is secondary, 0 otherwise |
| Some post secondary | = 1 if education is some post secondary, 0 otherwise |
| Post secondary | = 1 if education is post secondary, 0 otherwise |
| Age 18-29 | = 1 if aged 18-29 years, 0 otherwise |
| Age 30-44 | = 1 if aged 30-44 years, 0 otherwise |
| Age 45-65 | = 1 if aged 45-65 years, 0 otherwise |
| Low income | = 1 if household income is in low income group, 0 otherwise |
| Low middle income | = 1 if household income is in middle low income group, 0 otherwise |
| High middle income | = 1 if household income is in middle high income group, 0 otherwise |
| High income | = 1 if household income in high income group, 0 otherwise |
| Household size | = Number of people living in a household |
| Non immigrant | = 1 if country of birth is Canada, 0 otherwise |
| Immigrant | = 1 if country of birth is not Canada, 0 otherwise |
| No ban | = 1 if there is no workplace restrictions on smoking,0 otherwise |
| Partial ban | = 1 if smoking is allowed in designated areas,0 otherwise |
| Full ban | = 1 if there is full workplace restrictions on smoking,0 otherwise |
| Social support | Social support score, indicating the social support available to the respondent at his/her main job in the past 12 months. |
| HUI | Health utility index |
| Newfoundland | = 1 if province of residence is Newfoundland, 0 otherwise |
| Prince Edward | = 1 if province of residence is Prince Edward, 0 otherwise |
| Nova Scotia | = 1 if province of residence is Nova Scotia, 0 otherwise |
| New Brunswick | = 1 if province of residence is New Brunswick, 0 otherwise |
| Quebec | = 1 if province of residence is Quebec, 0 otherwise |
| Ontario | = 1 if province of residence is Ontario, 0 otherwise |
| Manitoba | = 1 if province of residence is Manitoba, 0 otherwise |
| Saskatchewan | = 1 if province of residence is Saskatchewan, 0 otherwise |
| Alberta | = 1 if province of residence is Alberta, 0 otherwise |
| British Columbia | = 1 if province of residence is British Columbia, 0 otherwise |
| Mechanical | = 1 if individual's job belong to mechanical occupations,0 otherwise |
| Trade | = 1 if individual's job belong to trade occupations,0 otherwise |
| professional | = 1 if individual's job belong to professional occupations,0 otherwise |
| managerial | = 1 if individual's job belong to managerial occupations,0 otherwise |
| Health | = 1 if individual's job belong to health occupations,0 otherwise |
| Service | = 1 if individual's job belong to services occupations,0 otherwise |
| Farm | = 1 if individual's job belong to farm occupations,0 otherwise |