Table 1 Description of the sample characteristics
Characteristics | All W2 Participants | Participants receiving most recent cigarettes as gifts | Participants choosing the preferred brand b/c gifts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % or Mean | N | % or Mean | N | % or Mean | ||
City | Beijing | 801 | 23.4% | 53 | 49.9% | 69 | 33.8% |
Shenyang | 799 | 13.5% | 28 | 15.6% | 57 | 14.9% | |
Shanghai | 803 | 28.1% | 13 | 10.7% | 19 | 10.5% | |
Changsha | 795 | 7.9% | 23 | 4.9% | 57 | 8.4% | |
Guangzhou | 833 | 14.6% | 16 | 4.3% | 78 | 21.7% | |
Yinchuan | 812 | 12.6% | 33 | 14.5% | 49 | 10.6% | |
Age | Average | 4843 | 51.7 | 166 | 54.4 | 329 | 54.4 |
Group 18-24 | 46 | 1.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.4% | |
Group 25-39 | 766 | 14.9% | 21 | 14.4% | 48 | 16.9% | |
Group 40-54 | 2352 | 47.4% | 67 | 37.0% | 126 | 31.2% | |
Group 55+ | 1679 | 36.6% | 78 | 48.6% | 153 | 50.5% | |
Sex | Male | 4589 | 96.0% | 150 | 89.6% | 305 | 93.6% |
Marital Status | Married or living together | 4356 | 89.1% | 151 | 92.2% | 289 | 85.9% |
Divorced, separated, widowed | 304 | 6.4% | 12 | 6.2% | 25 | 10.0% | |
Single | 164 | 4.5% | 2 | 1.7% | 12 | 4.0% | |
Education | Low education level | 588 | 11.9% | 19 | 12.0% | 56 | 20.4% |
Medium education level | 3200 | 67.0% | 85 | 52.2% | 183 | 54.8% | |
High education level | 1025 | 21.2% | 58 | 35.8% | 86 | 24.8% | |
Monthly household income | Low income | 794 | 14.4% | 26 | 18.5% | 62 | 17.4% |
Medium income | 2199 | 48.5% | 75 | 49.4% | 137 | 49.9% | |
High income | 1524 | 37.1% | 49 | 32.0% | 109 | 32.7% | |
Smoking frequency | Everyday | 4360 | 94.9% | 125 | 76.2% | 281 | 87.2% |
Some day | 266 | 5.1% | 41 | 23.8% | 48 | 12.8% | |
Heaviness of smoking index (HSI) | Average | 4457 | 2.37 | 159 | 1.41 | 311 | 2.02 |
0 | 827 | 18.5% | 67 | 41.4% | 85 | 26.2% | |
1 | 711 | 16.2% | 28 | 18.3% | 56 | 18.3% | |
2 | 751 | 16.2% | 23 | 11.3% | 43 | 12.6% | |
3 | 971 | 21.3% | 24 | 19.8% | 63 | 23.1% | |
4 | 801 | 18.5% | 10 | 5.4% | 40 | 13.0% | |
5 | 241 | 5.4% | 6 | 3.3% | 11 | 3.2% | |
6 | 155 | 3.8% | 1 | 0.5% | 13 | 3.6% | |
Years for smoking the preferred brand | Less than one year | 589 | 11.9% | 44 | 28.0% | 68 | 21.8% |
1 to 3 years | 1226 | 26.4% | 44 | 36.1% | 92 | 31.3% | |
4 to 5 years | 675 | 15.1% | 17 | 9.8% | 36 | 10.9% | |
6 to 10 years | 709 | 15.8% | 23 | 10.6% | 33 | 9.8% | |
More than 10 years | 1348 | 30.7% | 29 | 15.6% | 88 | 26.3% | |