Publication: Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 2. Data for Economic Analysis
Date
2013
ISSN
Published
2013
Author(s)
Czart, Christina
Chaloupka, Frank
Abstract
This tool provides a general
introduction to 'the art' of building databases.
It addresses a number of issues pertaining to the search,
identification and preparation of data for meaningful
economic analysis. It can best be thought of as a reference
mechanism that provides support for the occasionally
frustrated but endlessly hungry researcher working through
the adventures of tobacco control analysis. Anyone can
reference this tool. This tool addresses a variety of data
issues as they pertain to the economic analyses presented in
the remaining tools of this toolkit. Most countries in the
world today report at least a basic set of national economic
and social information. In addition, aggregate or
'macro' level data is also largely available at
sub-national levels of these societies and captures
information that's reflective of regional, state,
provincial, county or other jurisdictional divisions of the
country. Consumption represents product use. Therefore, data
on tobacco consumption reflects the amount of tobacco
products used by a consumer. Data on tobacco product
consumption is required for any economic analysis related to
the demand for tobacco. Tobacco consumption information can
be obtained through surveys of households and/or individual
consumers. National population surveys and censuses
interview random samples of individuals and/or households in
an effort to obtain behavioral and socioeconomic information
that will best describe the characteristics of the
nation's current population.
Link to Data Set
Citation
“Czart, Christina; Chaloupka, Frank. 2013. Economics of Tobacco Toolkit, Tool 2. Data for Economic Analysis. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16270 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”