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Table 5 Summary Statistics of Variables used in the Estimations

From: Determinants of cigarette smoking and smoking intensity among adult males in Ghana

Variables

Mean

SE

Smokes

0.048

0.004

Smoking intensity+

5.731

15–29 years

0.463

0.010

30–44 years

0.338

0.010

45–59 years (ref.)

0.199

0.007

Education+

9.069

0.135

Education squared

Old*educated

0.161

0.007

Use of TV

0.832

0.012

Lower(ref.)

0.349

0.015

Middle

0.190

0.011

Higher

0.461

0.016

Other religion (ref.)

0.098

0.007

Christianity

0.726

0.013

Muslim

0.176

0.014

Western

0.114

0.009

Central

0.096

0.016

Greater Accra (ref)

0.210

0.012

Volta

0.077

0.006

Eastern

0.098

0.006

Ashanti

0.180

0.011

Brong Ahafo

0.083

0.005

Northern

0.081

0.009

Upper East

0.038

0.004

Upper West

0.023

0.002

  1. All but smoking intensity and education are in proportions. SE denotes linearized standard error. Reference category denoted by ref. Missing standard error for the smoking intensity because of stratum with single sampling unit. Source: Computed by authors from GDHS 2014