Table 1.
Purchasing Price and Behavior by Demographic Characteristics of Adult Smokers in the 2010–2011 Tobacco Use Supplement, United States, (n = 23 299)
| N (%) | Average price paid, USD | Product-related explanations | Place-related explanations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Pack buyers (vs. carton) | % Menthol smokers | % Who did not purchase on an Indian reservation | Average price in purchase state, USD | |||
| Total sample | 23 299 | 5.20 (0.02) | 77.0 (0.4) | 24.5 (0.3) | 96.0 (0.2) | 5.71 (0.01) |
| Race | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white (ref) | 18 160 (74.5) | 5.06 (0.02) | 72.8 (0.5) | 19.9 (0.4) | 95.9 (0.2) | 5.68 (0.01) |
| Non-Hispanic black | 2245 (11.5) | 5.48** (0.05) | 92.4** (0.6) | 58.9** (1.2) | 98.3** (0.3) | 5.63 (0.03) |
| Hispanic | 1541 (9.0) | 5.76** (0.06) | 91.1** (0.8) | 20.3 (1.2) | 96.3 (0.6) | 5.95** (0.03) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian/HPI | 500 (2.3) | 5.98** (0.11) | 83.7** (2.1) | 19.2 (1.9) | 97.4 (0.9) | 6.07** (0.06) |
| Non-Hispanic AI/AN | 461 (1.0) | 5.03 (0.12) | 78.6 (3.0) | 20.5 (2.6) | 70.9** (3.8) | 5.61 (0.07) |
| Other | 501 (1.7) | 5.38** (0.12) | 73.3 (2.6) | 28.8** (2.6) | 93.4 (1.7) | 5.91** (0.08) |
| Income | ||||||
| Below median income (ref) | 15 643 (67.7) | 5.10 (0.02) | 79.2 (0.5) | 26.3 (0.6) | 96.1 (0.3) | 5.66 (0.01) |
| Above median income | 7656 (32.3) | 5.40** (0.02) | 72.4** (0.5) | 20.8** (0.4) | 95.7 (0.3) | 5.81** (0.02) |
| Education | ||||||
| <High school (ref) | 3757 (17.3) | 5.01 (0.04) | 79.5 (0.8) | 26.1 (0.9) | 95.3 (0.5) | 5.61 (0.03) |
| High school grad | 9397 (39.7) | 5.13* (0.02) | 76.6** (0.6) | 25.7 (0.5) | 96.1 (0.3) | 5.71** (0.02) |
| Some college/associates degree | 7346 (31.2) | 5.24** (0.02) | 77.1* (0.6) | 24.6 (0.5) | 95.9 (0.3) | 5.72** (0.02) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 2799 (11.7) | 5.62** (0.04) | 74.5** (1.0) | 18.0** (0.9) | 96.9* (0.5) | 5.84** (0.03) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–24 (ref) | 2055 (13.7) | 5.48 (0.04) | 93.1 (0.7) | 31.9 (1.3) | 97.4 (0.5) | 5.71 (0.03) |
| 25–64 | 19 044 (78.6) | 5.19** (0.02) | 76.6** (0.4) | 23.7** (0.4) | 96.0** (0.2) | 5.72 (0.01) |
| ≥65 | 2200 (7.8) | 4.78** (0.06) | 53.0** (1.3) | 19.3** (1.0) | 93.4** (0.7) | 5.72 (0.04) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male (ref) | 11 441 (49.1) | 5.22 (0.02) | 78.7 (0.5) | 20.6 (0.5) | 96.3 (0.2) | 5.71 (0.01) |
| Female | 11 858 (50.9) | 5.18 (0.02) | 75.0** (0.5) | 29.1** (0.5) | 95.6* (0.3) | 5.71 (0.02) |
| Urban residence | ||||||
| Does not live in an urban area (ref) | 6124 (19.8) | 4.71 (0.04) | 71.1 (1.0) | 21.5 (0.8) | 94.5 (0.7) | 5.47 (0.04) |
| Lives in an urban area | 16 952 (80.2) | 5.33** (0.02) | 78.5** (0.4) | 25.3** (0.4) | 96.4** (0.2) | 5.78** (0.01) |
AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; HPI = Hawaiian Pacific Islander. Unweighted Ns, weighted means, and percentages. Asterisks indicate significant differences in t tests comparing means of sub-group to indicated referent group.
*P < .05; **P < .01.