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Table 3 Estimated results from the regression of (log) unit value

From: Own price elasticities of the demand for sugar-sweetened beverages in Bangladesh

Explanatory variables

Soft Drinks

Horlicks

Tea and Coffee (Inside house consumption) in KG

Tea Cup (Outside house)

Coffee Cup (Outside house)

Natural logarithm of household total yearly expenditure

0.003 (0.029)

0.111 (0.097)

0.038*** (0.013)

0.015*** (0.005)

0.138** (0.065)

Household size

0.006 (0.009)

-0.058** (0.027)

-0.006* (0.004)

-0.002 (0.002)

-0.005 (0.021)

Proportion of adult members in the household

0.038 (0.065)

-0.326 (0.218)

-0.049* (0.029)

-0.009 (0.011)

-0.057 (0.165)

Proportion of earners in the household

-0.032 (0.068)

0 0.074 (0.251)

0.027 (0.032)

-0.002 (0.012)

0.295* (0.170)

education of household head in years

-0.005 (0.003)

-0.005 (0.011)

-0.000 (0.001)

0.000 (0.000)

0.012 (0.008)

Gender of household head

0.034 (0.039)

0.029 (0.118)

0.018 (0.016)

0.006 (0.008)

-0.225** (0.109)

Age of household head in years

-0.002 (0.001)*

0.000 (0.003)

-0.001 (0.000)

-0.000 (0.000)

0.001 (0.002)

Refrigerator; =1 if having a refrigerator and 0 otherwise

0.026 (0.028)

0.065 (0.101)

0.013 (0.013)

-0.013** (0.005)

0.129* (0.075)

Migration; =1 if at least a member migrated inside or outside of the country and = 0 otherwise

0.005 (0.038)

0.114 (0.116)

0.033** (0.016)

-0.016** (0.008)

-0.267** (0.110)

Constant

4.187*** (0.330)

4.986*** (1.128)

5.435*** (0.145)

1.307*** (0.054)

-0.011 (0.761)

No of households

4095

723

7031

16,088

1,454

R-squared

0.639

0.832

0.628

0.543

0.683

  1. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01; Standard errors are in parenthesis