[Tobacco use in Mexican households: results of the Income and Expenses Survey of Households, 1984-2000].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze selected determinants of tobacco consumption in Mexican homes.


METHODS
Data from the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, 1984-2000, were analyzed. The analysis was conducted for the years 1984-1992 and 1994-2000. The likelihood of tobacco consumption in households was estimated with a logistic regression model.


RESULTS
Tobacco consumption during the first period was two times more likely from decile six (OR = 2.03, 95%, CI: 2.03-2.04) and during the second period from decile eight (OR = 2.06, 95%, CI: 2.05-2.07). Households from decile one spent on average 9-22% of their income on tobacco; almost all of the households from decile ten spent only 1% of their income on tobacco.


CONCLUSIONS
Households with higher income consumed more tobacco than households with low income; nevertheless, households with the lowest income devoted a greater proportion of income to tobacco consumption.
Vázquez-Segovia
Luis Alonso
LA
Centro de Investigaciones en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Avenida Universidad 655, Colonia Santa María Ahuacatitlá, 62508, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. lalonsov@correo.insp.mx
Sesma-Vázquez
Sergio
S
Hernández-Avila
Mauricio
M
D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*
El consumo de tabaco en los hogares en México: resultados de la Encuesta de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares, 1984-2000.