Table 1.
Compliant (N=854) | Non-compliant (N=143) | All retailers (N=997) | |
---|---|---|---|
Mean young buyer real age | 19.39 (.79) | 20.14 (.99) | 19.49 (.87) |
Young buyer gender | |||
% Male | 92.5 | 7.5 | 51 |
% Female | 78.5 | 21.5 | 49 |
Type of outlet | |||
% Small markets | 85.8 | 14.2 | 11.5 |
% Convenience store | 84.6 | 15.4 | 46.3 |
% Smoke/tobacco shop | 71.9 | 28.1 | 5.7 |
% Supermarket | 85.2 | 14.8 | 10.8 |
% Drug/pharmacy store | 90.6 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
% Liquor store | 89.6 | 10.4 | 13.5 |
% Other | 96.2 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
Clerk gender | |||
% Male | 83.7 | 16.3 | 61.4 |
% Female | 89.3 | 10.7 | 38.4 |
Brand of cigarettes purchased | |||
% Marlboro | 91.3 | 8.7 | 47.3 |
% Newport | 80.6 | 19.4 | 52.7 |
Mean clerk estimated age | 35.43 (9.87) | 35.49 (9.75) | 35.45 (9.85) |
Minimum age signs | |||
% No | 87.2 | 12.8 | 11.7 |
% Yes | 85.7 | 14.3 | 86.8 |
Mean of number of customers in line behind buyers | .66 (1.05) | .61 (1.11) | .65 (1.06) |
Asked about age | |||
% No | 89.7 | 10.3 | 85.3 |
% Yes | 63.0 | 37.0 | 14.7 |
Note: Non-compliant means that a retailer sold cigarettes to a confederate buyer who judged to look younger than 18.