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¿Quiénes fuman en Uruguay?

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  • Elba Esteves

    (Fondo Nacional de Recursos)

  • Máximo Rossi

    (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

  • Edgardo Sandoya

    (Fondo Nacional de Recursos)

  • Patricia Triunfo

    (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

Abstract

Smoking is influenced by the interaction of individual, social, environmental and cultural, that impact the decision to smoke and the consumption pattern. The present study aimed to analyze which elements characterize smokers in Uruguay. The study was conducted based on the Encuesta Continua de Hogares of 2006, estimating the probability that an individual was smoking using multivariate analysis with a logit model according to their characteristics and those of your household. The existence of smokers in the home was the element that increased the likelihood of smoking, while being male, being married / divorced, have between 20 and 59 years, to be economically active, have not completed high school and have very low income also increased. Acted in the opposite being a student, belonging to a religion, have asthma, hypertension or diabetes or have made a recent health check. The simulation showed that education was a protective factor more important than income, so if the population had completed secondary smoking is reduced by half.

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  • Elba Esteves & Máximo Rossi & Edgardo Sandoya & Patricia Triunfo, 2013. "¿Quiénes fuman en Uruguay?," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0313, Department of Economics - dECON.
    • Handle: RePEc:ude:wpaper:0313
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    Keywords

    tabaco; fuma; salud;
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    JEL classification:

    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
    • I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General

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