Table 1:
Characteristics of the study sample
| Variable | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Smoking behavior | ||
| Smoker | 204 | 25.76 |
| Nonsmoker | 588 | 74.24 |
| Time preferences | ||
| Near future Discount rate (mean (SD)) | .15531 (±.1827SD) | |
| Distant future Discount rate (mean (SD)) | .00365 (±.00716SD) | |
| Risk preferences | ||
| Willingness to take risk | 5.87 (±2.2SD) | |
| Hyperbolic discounting | ||
| Present-biased | 324 | 40.91 |
| Non present-biased | 468 | 59.09 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 619 | 78.16 |
| Female | 173 | 21.84 |
| Age group (yr) | ||
| 35–44 | 484 | 61.11 |
| 45–54 | 257 | 32.45 |
| 55–65 | 51 | 6.44 |
| Marital status | ||
| Married | 744 | 93.94 |
| Single /divorced/ Widowed | 48 | 6.06 |
| Education | ||
| Primary | 110 | 13.89 |
| Intermediate | 305 | 38.51 |
| Academic | 377 | 47.60 |
| Employment status | ||
| Employed | 368 | 46.46 |
| Self-employer | 361 | 45.58 |
| Other | 63 | 7.95 |
| Wealth status | ||
| Low | 317 | 40.03 |
| Middle | 317 | 40.03 |
| High | 158 | 19.95 |