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Table 2 Variables definition

From: The effect of job stress on smoking and alcohol consumption

Variable

Definition

Quantity(cigarette)

Daily number of cigarette smoked

Quantity(alcohol)

Daily number of drinks

Low strain

= 1 if job strain score belongs to the first quantile, 0 otherwise

Medium strain

= 1 if job strain score belongs to the second quantile, 0 otherwise

High strain

= 1 if job strain score belongs to the third quantile, 0 otherwise

Real cigarette tax

= Real excise cigarette tax per carton

Trend

= Linear year trend

Male

= 1 if gender is male, 0 otherwise

Female

= 1 if gender is female, 0 otherwise

Married

= 1 if married/living with a partner/common-law, 0 otherwise

Separated

= 1 if widowed/separated/divorced, 0 otherwise

Single

= 1 if never married, 0 otherwise (base category)

Less than secondary

= 1 if education is less than secondary, 0 otherwise

secondary

= 1 if education is secondary, 0 otherwise

Some post secondary

= 1 if education is some post secondary, 0 otherwise

Post secondary

= 1 if education is post secondary, 0 otherwise

Age 18-29

= 1 if aged 18-29 years, 0 otherwise

Age 30-44

= 1 if aged 30-44 years, 0 otherwise

Age 45-65

= 1 if aged 45-65 years, 0 otherwise

Low income

= 1 if household income is in low income group, 0 otherwise

Low middle income

= 1 if household income is in middle low income group, 0 otherwise

High middle income

= 1 if household income is in middle high income group, 0 otherwise

High income

= 1 if household income in high income group, 0 otherwise

Household size

= Number of people living in a household

Non immigrant

= 1 if country of birth is Canada, 0 otherwise

Immigrant

= 1 if country of birth is not Canada, 0 otherwise

No ban

= 1 if there is no workplace restrictions on smoking,0 otherwise

Partial ban

= 1 if smoking is allowed in designated areas,0 otherwise

Full ban

= 1 if there is full workplace restrictions on smoking,0 otherwise

Social support

Social support score, indicating the social support available to the respondent at his/her main job in the past 12 months.

HUI

Health utility index

Newfoundland

= 1 if province of residence is Newfoundland, 0 otherwise

Prince Edward

= 1 if province of residence is Prince Edward, 0 otherwise

Nova Scotia

= 1 if province of residence is Nova Scotia, 0 otherwise

New Brunswick

= 1 if province of residence is New Brunswick, 0 otherwise

Quebec

= 1 if province of residence is Quebec, 0 otherwise

Ontario

= 1 if province of residence is Ontario, 0 otherwise

Manitoba

= 1 if province of residence is Manitoba, 0 otherwise

Saskatchewan

= 1 if province of residence is Saskatchewan, 0 otherwise

Alberta

= 1 if province of residence is Alberta, 0 otherwise

British Columbia

= 1 if province of residence is British Columbia, 0 otherwise

Mechanical

= 1 if individual's job belong to mechanical occupations,0 otherwise

Trade

= 1 if individual's job belong to trade occupations,0 otherwise

professional

= 1 if individual's job belong to professional occupations,0 otherwise

managerial

= 1 if individual's job belong to managerial occupations,0 otherwise

Health

= 1 if individual's job belong to health occupations,0 otherwise

Service

= 1 if individual's job belong to services occupations,0 otherwise

Farm

= 1 if individual's job belong to farm occupations,0 otherwise