Tobacco and Alcohol: Complements or Substitutes? - A Statistical Guinea Pig Approach



Table 6: Description of explanatory variables

Variable

All

Males

Females

Mean

St. Dev.

Mean

St. Dev.

Mean

St. Dev.

father never drinker

0.186

0.389

0.180

0.384

0.193

0.395

father monthly drinker

0.236

0.424

0.236

0.425

0.235

0.424

father weekly drinker

0.259

0.438

0.268

0.443

0.250

0.433

father daily drinker

0.319

0.466

0.316

0.465

0.323

0.468

mother never drinker

0.507

0.500

0.499

0.500

0.514

0.500

mother monthly drinker

0.285

0.452

0.292

0.455

0.280

0.449

mother weekly drinker

0.136

0.342

0.141

0.348

0.130

0.336

mother daily drinker

0.072

0.259

0.068

0.251

0.076

0.266

father never-smoker

0.276

0.447

0.275

0.447

0.276

0.447

father ex-smoker

0.351

0.477

0.357

0.479

0.345

0.475

father smoker

0.373

0.484

0.368

0.482

0.379

0.485

mother never-smoker

0.674

0.469

0.676

0.468

0.673

0.469

mother ex-smoker

0.126

0.331

0.128

0.334

0.124

0.330

mother smoker

0.200

0.400

0.197

0.397

0.203

0.402

year 1980

0.187

0.390

0.193

0.395

0.180

0.384

year 1986

0.128

0.334

0.133

0.340

0.123

0.328

year 1990

0.581

0.493

0.573

0.495

0.590

0.492

year 1992

0.104

0.305

0.101

0.302

0.107

0.309

west

0.838

0.368

0.844

0.362

0.832

0.374

female

0.503

0.500

-

-

-

-

age

24.318

6.297

24.213

6.275

24.421

6.317

age2/100

6.310

3.351

6.256

0.064

6.363

3.366

parents married

0.807

0.395

0.811

0.392

0.805

0.396

father has no school degree

0.139

0.346

0.138

0.344

0.140

0.347

father has a low degree

0.531

0.499

0.533

0.499

0.529

0.499

father has a medium degree

0.156

0.363

0.159

0.366

0.151

0.358

father has a high degree

0.032

0.175

0.032

0.176

0.032

0.176

father has a university degree

0.142

0.349

0.138

0.345

0.148

0.355

mother has no school degree

0.309

0.462

0.304

0.460

0.315

0.464

mother has a low degree

0.416

0.493

0.424

0.494

0.408

0.491

mother has a medium degree

0.191

0.393

0.189

0.391

0.193

0.395

mother has a high degree

0.024

0.154

0.025

0.157

0.023

0.150

mother has a university degree

0.059

0.236

0.058

0.234

0.061

0.240

grown up with mother

0.953

0.212

0.954

0.211

0.952

0.214

grown up with father

0.891

0.312

0.891

0.312

0.890

0.312

grown up with both

0.881

0.324

0.881

0.324

0.882

0.323

no. children at parents home

2.752

1.462

2.732

1.434

2.772

1.488

Notes: Descriptive statistics for those 26516 observations that are included in at least one of
the reduced form regressions; statistics are proposed for all variables prior to interacting with
dummies indicating having grown up with the parent; reference-categories italicized.

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