Bayesian Approach to Zero-Inflated Bivariate Ordered Probit Regression Model, with an Application to Tobacco Use

Table 2

Definition and summary statistics for independent variables.

Name	Definition	Mean^b	St. Dev.
Age^a	Age in years	30.35	(14.9)
Education^a	Number of years of formal schooling	6.83	(4.7)
Income	Monthly family income in 1000s of Taka	7.57	(10.3)
Male	= 1 if male	54.6
Married	= 1 if married	57.2
Muslim	= 1 if religion is Islam	78.4
Father use	= 1 if father uses tobacco	54.0
Mother use	= 1 if mother uses tobacco	65.1
Region	= 1 if Rangpur resident,; = 0 if Chittagong resident	49.7
Urban	= 1 if urban resident	38.0
Agriservice	= 1 if agriculture labor or service occupation	23.2
Self-employed	= 1 if self-employed or household chores	30.7
Student	= 1 if student	26.8
Other	= 1 if business or other occupations (control)	19.3

^aIn implementation, we also include age squared and education squared.
^bThe means for binary variables are in percentage.