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Table 3 Result from equation explaining the decision to participate to smoking, dependent variable is smoking participation (yes = 1, no = 0)

From: The effect of imposing a higher, uniform tobacco tax in Vietnam

Independent variables

Overall

Two low quintiles

Two high quintiles

 

Coef.

P > | t

Coef.

P > | t

Coef.

P > | t

Logarithm of VINATABA price

-0.529

0.048

-0.648

0.086

-0.420

0.094

Expenditures on pipe

-0.011

0.015

-0.011

0.016

-0.010

0.023

Year of education

-0.176

0.231

-0.167

0.255

-0.163

0.264

Age

0.500

0.070

0.442

0.109

0.429

0.119

Year of experience

-0.495

0.080

-0.435

0.123

-0.424

0.132

Household size

0.961

0.000

0.965

0.000

0.950

0.000

Logarithm of per capita income

2.415

0.003

2.380

0.003

2.421

0.003

Red river delta (yes = 1)

4.178

0.000

4.117

0.000

4.088

0.000

North central coastal (yes = 1)

1.588

0.580

1.634

0.568

1.689

0.554

South central coastal (yes = 1)

6.972

0.001

6.076

0.004

6.165

0.003

South-east region (yes = 1)

9.618

0.000

9.615

0.000

9.662

0.000

Mekong delta (yes = 1)

11.051

0.000

11.019

0.000

10.137

0.000

Urban (yes = 1)

9.104

0.000

9.124

0.000

9.076

0.000

Existence of regular market (yes = 1)

0.290

0.798

0.279

0.805

0.284

0.801

Opportunity to find job (yes = 1)

-1.081

0.341

-0.994

0.380

-0.988

0.381

Accessibility of car to commune (yes = 1)

-0.929

0.720

-0.849

0.742

-0.864

0.737

_constant

-39.358

0.000

-38.235

0.000

-38.182

0.000

Number of observation

5202

 

2412

 

2023

 

R-squared

0.239

 

0.198

 

0.197

 
  1. Source: Author estimation from VLSS 1997–1998.