Table 2 Summary statistics of the main variables
From: The impacts of recent smoking control policies on individual smoking choice: the case of Japan
Gender | Male | Â | Â | Â | Female | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variabels | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
Smoking (=1 if current smoker) | 0.531 | 0.499 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.238 | 0.426 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Cigarette price per pack 1), 2) | 246.033 | 11.412 | 238.876 | 272.318 | 241.901 | 8.297 | 238.876 | 272.318 |
Cigarette tax per pack 1), 3) , 4) | 146.107 | 13.261 | 135.146 | 174.321 | 140.234 | 9.969 | 135.146 | 174.321 |
Implementation of the Health Promotion Law (HPL) | 0.347 | 0.476 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.142 | 0.349 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Elapsed years of implementation of the HPL | 0.919 | 1.462 | 0.000 | 4.000 | 0.391 | 1.066 | 0.000 | 4.000 |
Age | 53.457 | 16.023 | 20.000 | 89.000 | 51.771 | 16.871 | 20.000 | 89.000 |
Years of education | 12.268 | 2.913 | 6.000 | 18.000 | 11.686 | 2.542 | 6.000 | 18.000 |
Employment status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Office worker | 0.506 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.433 | 0.496 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   Manual worker | 0.204 | 0.403 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.069 | 0.254 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   Unemployment | 0.029 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.012 | 0.108 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   Non-worker (Reference group) | 0.261 | 0.439 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.486 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Income class | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   0- 1 million yen (Reference group) | 0.311 | 0.463 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.458 | 0.498 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   1- 2.5 million yen | 0.084 | 0.277 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.150 | 0.357 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   2.5- 3.5 million yen | 0.104 | 0.305 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.088 | 0.283 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   3.5- 4.5 million yen | 0.118 | 0.323 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.062 | 0.241 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   4.5- 5.5 million yen | 0.096 | 0.295 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.059 | 0.235 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   5.5- 7.5 million yen | 0.136 | 0.343 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.074 | 0.261 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   7.5- 10 million yen | 0.097 | 0.296 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.055 | 0.228 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
   More than 10 million yen | 0.054 | 0.226 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.055 | 0.228 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Marital status (=1 if married) | 0.814 | 0.389 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.698 | 0.459 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Number of housemates (Over 20) | 1.793 | 1.133 | 0.000 | 7.000 | 1.666 | 1.128 | 0.000 | 7.000 |
Number of housemates (Under 20) | 0.628 | 0.978 | 0.000 | 6.000 | 0.672 | 0.983 | 0.000 | 5.000 |
Residence (in the 13 largest cities) | 0.179 | 0.384 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.205 | 0.404 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Residence (Other cities) | 0.585 | 0.493 | 0.000 | 1.000 | 0.584 | 0.493 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
Real GDP (billion yen, in 2000 price) 5) | 51.562 | 1.751 | 50.162 | 55.228 | 50.870 | 1.306 | 50.162 | 55.228 |
Unemployment rate (%) 6) | 4.870 | 0.393 | 4.133 | 5.358 | 4.865 | 0.275 | 4.133 | 5.358 |
Number of Observations | 4367 | Â | Â | Â | 2970 | Â | Â | Â |