Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of analytic sample.
| Malaysia | Thailand | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Percentage (%) | N | Percentage (%) | N |
| Age group | ||||
| 18–24 | 16.5 | 235 | 12.1 | 100 |
| 25–54 | 69.7 | 993 | 76.4 | 633 |
| 55+ | 13.8 | 197 | 11.5 | 95 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Other than major ethnic group | 33.5 | 486 | 1.6 | 13 |
| Major ethnic group | 66.5 | 964 | 98.4 | 815 |
| Residence | ||||
| Urban | 66.5 | 964 | 43.1 | 357 |
| Rural | 33.5 | 486 | 56.9 | 471 |
| Education | ||||
| Secondary or more | 54.5 | 774 | 26.7 | 220 |
| Less than secondary | 45.5 | 646 | 73.0 | 604 |
| Income groups (income range in local currencya) | ||||
| Low | 29.4 (0–2200) | 392 | 17.0 (0–12,000) | 141 |
| Moderate | 33.8 (2201–5999) | 451 | 29.1 (12,001–29,999) | 241 |
| High | 36.8 (≥ 6000) | 492 | 53.8 (≥ 30,000) | 445 |
| Smokes exclusively factory-made cigarettes | ||||
| FM only | 92.7 | 1344 | 87.8 | 727 |
| Both FM and RYO or RYO alone | 7.3 | 106 | 12.2 | 101 |
| Cigarettes per day | ||||
| Mean | 14.0 | 1435 | 14.3 | 828 |
| SD | 7.8 | 8.6 | ||
a
Local currency: Malaysia, ringgit; Thailand, baht.