Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the six smoking transition samples NLSY97, 1997–2009.
| Covariates | Initiation | Relapse | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-Puff | Daily | Heavy | Nondaily/Daily | Light/Heavy | ||||||
| State-level variables, time variant | ||||||||||
| SFA_bar_law | 0.179 | 0.184 | 0.184 | 0.182 | 0.182 | |||||
| (0.383) | (0.388) | (0.387) | (0.386) | (0.386) | ||||||
| SFA_bar_ban | 0.087 | 0.094 | 0.096 | 0.119 | 0.117 | |||||
| (0.283) | (0.291) | (0.295) | (0.323) | (0.321) | ||||||
| SFA_restaurant | 1.110 | 1.140 | 1.145 | 1.199 | 1.192 | |||||
| (1.093) | (1.109) | (1.113) | (1.147) | (1.145) | ||||||
| Policy index | 0.418 | 0.426 | 0.427 | 0.442 | 0.440 | |||||
| (0.262) | (0.265) | (0.266) | (0.279) | (0.278) | ||||||
| Cigarette Tax | 0.534 | 0.546 | 0.550 | 0.576 | 0.574 | |||||
| (0.270) | (0.274) | (0.277) | (0.286) | (0.285) | ||||||
| PUP index | 1.792 | 1.812 | 1.811 | 1.861 | 1.857 | |||||
| (0.972) | (0.961) | (0.964) | (0.932) | (0.933) | ||||||
| TC funding | 146,601 | 147,065 | 147,065 | 140,611 | 141,137 | |||||
| (207,502) | (201,075) | (199,640) | (181,669) | (183,287) | ||||||
| Individual-level variables, time-variant | ||||||||||
| Outcome | 0.064 | 0.027 | 0.019 | 0.273 | 0.247 | |||||
| (0.245) | (0.163) | (0.137) | (0.572) | (0.519) | ||||||
| Duration Dependence | 2.265 | 2.303 | 2.312 | 2.430 | 2.423 | |||||
| (0.388) | (0.378) | (0.376) | (0.340) | (0.342) | ||||||
| Married | 0.110 | 0.114 | 0.114 | 0.178 | 0.174 | |||||
| (0.313) | (0.318) | (0.318) | (0.382) | (0.379) | ||||||
| Age < 21 | 0.546 | 0.502 | 0.492 | 0.363 | 0.372 | |||||
| (0.498) | (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.481) | (0.483) | ||||||
| Employed | 0.757 | 0.775 | 0.777 | 0.817 | 0.816 | |||||
| (0.429) | (0.418) | (0.416) | (0.387) | (0.387) | ||||||
| School Dropout | 0.061 | 0.069 | 0.073 | 0.105 | 0.105 | |||||
| (0.238) | (0.254) | (0.260) | (0.306) | (0.306) | ||||||
| Enrolled in high school | 0.308 | 0.268 | 0.259 | 0.156 | 0.161 | |||||
| (0.462) | (0.443) | (0.438) | (0.363) | (0.368) | ||||||
| High school degree | 0.165 | 0.177 | 0.184 | 0.241 | 0.239 | |||||
| (0.371) | (0.382) | (0.388) | (0.427) | (0.427) | ||||||
| Enrolled in college | 0.247 | 0.248 | 0.244 | 0.221 | 0.221 | |||||
| (0.431) | (0.432) | (0.430) | (0.415) | (0.415) | ||||||
| College or higher | 0.219 | 0.237 | 0.239 | 0.278 | 0.274 | |||||
| (0.414) | (0.425) | (0.427) | (0.448) | (0.446) | ||||||
| Male | 0.476 | 0.484 | 0.484 | 0.487 | 0.489 | |||||
| (0.499) | (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.500) | (0.500) | ||||||
| White | 0.422 | 0.426 | 0.425 | 0.480 | 0.479 | |||||
| (0.494) | (0.494) | (0.494) | (0.500) | (0.500) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 0.226 | 0.234 | 0.231 | 0.244 | 0.245 | |||||
| (0.418) | (0.423) | (0.422) | (0.429) | (0.430) | ||||||
| Black | 0.319 | 0.306 | 0.308 | 0.251 | 0.250 | |||||
| (0.466) | (0.461) | (0.462) | (0.434) | (0.433) | ||||||
| Other | 0.033 | 0.035 | 0.036 | 0.025 | 0.025 | |||||
| (0.179) | (0.183) | (0.186) | (0.157) | (0.157) | ||||||
| N | 38,988 | 48,271 | 50,366 | 27,001 | 27,927 | |||||
Note: Variable definitions are in Table 1. Means and corresponding standard deviations (in parentheses) are presented. Summary statistics of state fixed effects, year fixed effects, and interaction terms of age 21 indicator and time-variant individual-level variables are not shown, which may be sent by request.