Table 3.

SES and price per cigarette in local currencies and in standard US dollars.

	Malaysia			Thailand
SES characteristics	N	Price (CV)	US$ PPP	N	Price (CV)	US$ PPP
Residence
Rural	486	0.28 (33.7)	0.16	471	1.63 (17.5)	0.13
Urban	964	0.31 (25.6)	0.17	357	1.68 (14.9)	0.13
Income
Low	392	0.27 (37.7)	0.15	141	1.58 (17.6)	0.12
Moderate	451	0.31 (25.1)	0.17	241	1.61 (17.2)	0.13
High	492	0.32 (23.3)	0.18	445	1.70 (15.2)	0.13
Education
Less than secondary	646	0.29 (32.4)	0.16	604	1.62 (15.8)	0.13
Secondary or more	774	0.32 (24.7)	0.18	220	1.72 (17.4)	0.13
Age
18–24	235	0.30 (30.4)	0.17	100	1.82 (11.6)	0.14
25–54	993	0.31 (28.1)	0.17	633	1.63 (16.7)	0.13
55+	197	0.28 (29.3)	0.16	95	1.56 (16.2)	0.12
Race
Major group (Thai and Malay)	964	0.31 (23.7)	0.17	815	1.65 (16.5)	0.13
Minor groups	486	0.29 (36.4)	0.16	13	1.64 (12.9)	0.13
Type smoked
Both FMC and RYO	106	0.31 (31.4)	0.17	101	1.58 (18.1)	0.12
FMC only	1344	0.30 (28.4)	0.17	727	1.66 (16.1)	0.13