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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2020 Oct 31;30(1):3–19. doi: 10.1002/hec.4173

Table 2:

Descriptive Statistics

Mean Standard deviation Min Max

Age 41.09 12.55 18 64
Female 0.55 0.50 0 1
Higher education 0.41 0.49 0 1
Income 52974.67 34199.27 15000 150000
Hispanic 0.08 0.26 0 1
White 0.86 0.35 0 1
Black 0.10 0.30 0 1
Asian 0.03 0.16 0 1
Employed 0.60 0.49 0 1
Married 0.36 0.48 0 1
Family member smokes 0.44 0.50 0 1
daily smoker 0.95 0.22 0 1
number of cigarettes smoked per day 14.61 9.34 1 61
time before first cigarette of the day is smoked: less than 5 minutes 0.32 0.47 0 1
time before first cigarette of the day is smoked: 5 to 30 minutes 0.46 0.50 0 1
time before first cigarette of the day is smoked: 31 to 60 minutes 0.12 0.33 0 1
time before first cigarette of the day is smoked: longer than 60 minutes 0.10 0.31 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: less than 15 minutes 0.31 0.46 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: 15 to 30 minutes 0.27 0.44 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: 30 to 60 minutes 0.19 0.39 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: 1 to 3 hours 0.11 0.31 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: 3 to 6 hours 0.02 0.15 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette that day: more than 6 hours 0.02 0.15 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette in the last few days/weeks: today 0.90 0.30 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette in the last few days/weeks: yesterday 0.07 0.26 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette in the last few days/weeks: in the last week 0.02 0.14 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette in the last few days/weeks: in the last month 0.00 0.06 0 1
time since last having smoked a cigarette in the last few days/weeks: longer than a month 0.00 0.05 0 1
quit attempts in the past year: none 0.53 0.50 0 1
quit attempts in the past year: 1 0.32 0.47 0 1
quit attempts in the past year: 2 to 3 0.11 0.31 0 1
quit attempts in the past year: more than 4 0.03 0.18 0 1
e-cigarette use 0.36 0.48 0 1
frequency of e-cigarette use: daily 0.12 0.32 0 1
frequency of e-cigarette use: several times per week 0.14 0.35 0 1
frequency of e-cigarette use: once per week 0.04 0.20 0 1
frequency of e-cigarette use: less than once per week 0.05 0.23 0 1
current urge to smoke (i.e. craving) 5.19 2.49 1 10