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. 2019 Oct 23;14(10):e0224217. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224217

Table 1. Descriptive statistics, by type of cigarette of last purchase.

  Weighted Unweighted
Sociodemographics variables Non flavored Flavor (Any type) Total Non flavored Flavor (Any type) Total
Percentage of non- flavor cigarettes 100.0% - 60.1% 100.0% - 60.0%
- - (0.49) - - (0.49)
Percentage of flavored non-capsule cigarettes - 1.6% 0.6% - 1.9% 0.7%
- (0.13) (0.08) - (0.14) (0.09)
Percentage of flavored capsule cigarettes - 98.4% 39.2% - 98.1% 39.3%
- (0.13) (0.49) - (0.14) (0.49)
Women 43.9% 59.3% 50.0% 42.6% 60.5% 49.8%
(0.50) (0.49) (0.50) (0.49) (0.49) (0.50)
Age (mean) 42.3 34.7 39.3 43.1 33.7 39.3
(13.0) (12.4) (13.3) (15.1) (14.2) (15.4)
Population 25 years old or younger 11.4% 26.4% 17.4% 14.8% 34.0% 22.5%
(0.32) (0.44) (0.38) (0.36) (0.47) (0.42)
Population between 26 and 34 years old 16.6% 29.8% 21.9% 14.0% 25.3% 18.5%
(0.37) (0.46) (0.41) (0.35) (0.44) (0.39)
Population between 35 and 49 years old 41.4% 29.3% 36.6% 35.8% 24.7% 31.4%
(0.49) (0.46) (0.48) (0.48) (0.43) (0.46)
Population of 50 years old or older 30.6% 14.5% 24.2% 35.4% 16.0% 27.7%
(0.46) (0.35) (0.43) (0.48) (0.37) (0.45)
Smokers who chose flavor/taste in last purchase 59.3% 75.9% 65.9% 59.3% 75.0% 65.6%
(0.49) (0.43) (0.47) (0.49) (0.43) (0.48)
Smokers who chose "less harmful" cigarettes in last purchase 7.9% 6.8% 7.5% 8.6% 6.5% 7.8%
(0.27) (0.25) (0.26) (0.28) (0.25) (0.27)
Smokers who chose cigarettes because of price in last purchase 32.8% 17.3% 26.6% 32.1% 18.5% 26.7%
(0.47) (0.38) (0.44) (0.47) (0.39) (0.44)
Population with incomplete primary education 3.5% 1.0% 2.5% 4.5% 1.2% 3.2%
(0.18) (0.10) (0.16) (0.21) (0.11) (0.18)
Population with incomplete secondary education 14.2% 8.2% 11.8% 18.1% 14.5% 16.7%
(0.35) (0.27) (0.32) (0.39) (0.35) (0.37)
Population with complete secondary education 35.2% 35.9% 35.5% 34.0% 35.5% 34.6%
(0.48) (0.48) (0.48) (0.47) (0.48) (0.48)
Population with incomplete superior education 13.2% 20.2% 16.0% 11.9% 18.5% 14.6%
(0.34) (0.40) (0.37) (0.32) (0.39) (0.35)
Population with complete superior education 34.0% 34.7% 34.3% 31.5% 30.2% 31.0%
(0.47) (0.48) (0.47) (0.47) (0.46) (0.46)
Working (outside home) population 79.2% 72.2% 76.4% 75.1% 64.2% 70.7%
(0.41) (0.45) (0.42) (0.43) (0.48) (0.46)

Strandard deviation in parentheses

Flavor (Any type) includes capsule and non-capsule cigarettes