Table 3. Incidence rate ratios for push and pull observed marketing of tobacco, 16 countries, 2009–2012.
| Group | IRR (95% CI)a |
|
|---|---|---|
| Tobacco outletsb | Tobacco advertisementsb | |
| Community type | ||
| Urban | 1 | 1 |
| Rural | 0.73 (0.63–0.85) | 0.40 (0.26–0.60) |
| Country income groupc | ||
| High | 1 | 1 |
| Upper-middle | 1.29 (0.67–2.49) | 3.96 (0.30–52.88) |
| Lower-middle | 2.52 (1.23–5.17) | 4.68 (0.26–85.00) |
| Low | 2.58 (1.17–5.67) | 80.98 (4.15–1578.42) |
CI: confidence interval; IRR: incidence rate ratio.
a Derived from negative binomial multilevel regression models.
b Based on the mean numbers of outlets and advertisements observed during a kilometre-long audit walk in each community.
c Countries were categorized according to the World Bank’s 2006 classification.11