ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCE SMOKING BEHAVIOR IN POOR HOUSEHOLDS IN WEST SUMATERA PROVINCE

Authors

  • Hefrizal Handra
  • Zamzami Andalas University

Abstract

This research is purposed to learn the behaviors of poor households in
managing their income for buying cigarettes using data from the National Social
Economic Survey of West Sumatera Province in 2013 using OLS method as a tool
of analysis.
Results of the analysis show that the cigarette spending in percentage of
income in smoker households in West Sumatera Province is very large, far larger
than the percentage of spending for education and health. Household cigarette
spending is influenced by income factors, cigarette prices, number of adult male
household members, area of residence, age category of the household head, and
education of the household head.

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Published

2022-12-05

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2016): June

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