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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Feb 22;36(3):564–571. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1231

Exhibit 4. Absolute (ml/capita/day) and relative differences (%) between counterfactuals and post-tax volumes of taxed and untaxed beverage purchases stratified by SES.

SES Level 2014 2015 Average
Taxed Beverages
Lowest
Absolute difference -18.8* -29.3* -24.0
Relative difference -9.0% -14.3% -11.7%
Middle
Absolute difference -12.8* -23.3* -18.0
Relative difference -5.9% -11.7% -8.8%
Highest
Absolute difference -6.9* -8.2* -7.6
Relative difference -4.4% -5.6% -5.1%
All
Absolute difference -10.6* -17.2* -13.9
Relative difference -5.5% -9.7% -7.6%

Untaxed Beverages
Lowest
Absolute difference 15.9* -46.3* -15.2
Relative difference 2.4% -5.9% -1.8%
Middle
Absolute difference 48.5* -8.8 19.9
Relative difference 5.6% -1.2% 2.1%
Highest
Absolute difference 39.1 -11.9 13.6
Relative difference 4.5% -1.5% 1.2%
All
Absolute difference 43.2 -7.0 18.1
Relative difference 5.3% -1.0% 2.1%

Source: Authors' own analyses and calculations based on data from Nielsen though its Mexico Consumer Panel Service (CPS) for the food and beverage categories for January 2012–December 2015 (The Nielsen Company, 2016). Nielsen is not responsible for and had no role in preparing the results reported herein.

Notes: Models adjusted for household size and composition, seasonality, education of the head of the household, household socioeconomic status and macroeconomic variables. Counterfactual estimated based on pre-tax trends.

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Differences in absolute values comparing the post-tax periods with the counterfactuals were all statistically significant at p<0.01.

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excludes dairy beverages due to incomplete data from Jan -September 2012.