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Published in final edited form as: Tob Control. 2013 Oct 8;23(0 1):i39–i47. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050835

Table 5.

OLS estimates of conditional demand for cigarette.

Dependent variable: ln(daily consumption) (1)
All		 (2)
Low		 (3)
Medium		 (4)
High
Cigarette Price-2009 Taka/pack −0.0118***
(−4.85)		 −0.0276***
(−4.75)		 −0.00420
(−0.99)		 −0.00602
(−1.47)
Monthly household income (2009 Taka) 0.00000889***
(3.31)		 0.0000247***
(4.12)		 0.00000506
(1.06)		 0.00000235
(0.60)
Female 0.0140
(0.12)		 −0.174
(−1.40)		 0.0393
(0.14)		 0.212
(1.05)
Age −0.00116
(−1.13)		 −0.000754
(−0.45)		 −0.00386*
(−2.43)		 0.000757
(0.42)
Married 0.0839**
(2.65)		 0.0114
(0.20)		 0.110*
(2.11)		 0.134*
(2.48)
Household size −0.00893
(−1.02)		 −0.0231
(−1.24)		 0.0280*
(2.14)		 −0.0285*
(−2.24)
Education:
Primary (1–5 years) 0.0983*
(2.46)		 0.114
(1.92)		 0.0636
(1.11)		 0.0695
(0.77)
Secondary (6–8 years) 0.0722
(1.72)		 0.215***
(3.37)		 −0.0104
(−0.16)		 −0.0665
(−0.73)
SSC (9–10 years) 0.0573
(1.16)		 0.0880
(1.04)		 0.0310
(0.42)		 −0.0390
(−0.38)
HSC (11–12 years) 0.0108
(0.19)		 0.0608
(0.43)		 −0.163
(−1.63)		 −0.0147
(−0.15)
Bachelor’s (14–16 years) 0.0824
(1.22)		 −0.167
(−0.91)		 0.0347
(0.25)		 0.0630
(0.61)
Master’s (15–17 years) −0.149
(−0.92)		 0.289
(0.84)		 −0.307
(−1.13)		 −0.183
(−0.95)
Above Master’s 0.0216
(0.11)		 −0.150
(−0.48)		 .
.		 −0.0984
(−0.44)
Occupation:
Tenant farmer 0.204**
(3.01)		 0.288**
(2.61)		 0.187
(1.76)		 0.173
(1.15)
Self-employed in non- farm agriculture 0.170*
(2.16)		 0.174
(1.64)		 0.291*
(2.05)		 0.0517
(0.33)
Self-employed in non- agricultural activity 0.275***
(4.09)		 0.201
(1.75)		 0.311**
(3.06)		 0.250
(1.83)
Farm wage laborer 0.177**
(2.72)		 0.0873
(0.92)		 0.266**
(2.61)		 0.284
(1.91)
Non-farm agricultural wage laborer 0.175
(0.95)		 −0.434
(−1.17)		 0.363
(1.91)		 0.342
(1.88)
Non-agricultural wage laborer 0.274***
(3.80)		 0.312**
(2.95)		 0.378***
(3.51)		 0.109
(0.67)
Professional 0.174
(1.62)		 0.596***
(3.40)		 0.0234
(0.10)		 0.168
(1.07)
Managerial/administrative/clerking 0.236**
(3.05)		 0.194
(1.52)		 0.301**
(2.62)		 0.107
(0.68)
Student 0.0857
(0.69)		 0.0264
(0.09)		 0.393
(1.45)		 −0.0420
(−0.22)
Unemployed 0.260***
(4.06)		 0.258**
(2.77)		 0.341**
(3.28)		 0.172
(1.21)
Homemaker 0.0948
(0.68)		 0.0377
(0.15)		 0.207
(0.83)		 0.0990
(0.43)
Others 0.236***
(3.92)		 0.251**
(2.78)		 0.331***
(3.38)		 0.105
(0.80)
Indoor smoking restriction (1 yes, 0 no) −0.0405
(−1.52)		 0.0119
(0.28)		 −0.0547
(−1.27)		 −0.147**
(−3.17)
Workplace smoking restriction (1 yes, 0 no) −0.0612
(−1.65)		 0.0418
(0.63)		 −0.0393
(−0.59)		 −0.113*
(−1.97)
Urban area of residence 0.0482
(1.53)		 0.112*
(2.08)		 −0.00815
(−0.18)		 −0.0159
(−0.25)
Wave 2 0.0851**
(2.81)		 0.103*
(1.98)		 0.0507
(1.02)		 0.157*
(2.48)
Observations 3652 1311 1134 1207
Adjusted R2 0.030 0.061 0.042 0.057

Notes:

1. Columns 1, 2,3 and 4 report results for all, low, medium and high socio-economic status groups respectively.

2. The t statistics of the coefficients are in parentheses.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001.

3. Omitted categories include male, illiterate, owner farmers (occupation), the time effect of wave 1, and rural area of residence.