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How Can TUS-CPS Data Be Used?

Currently available data files (for 2003, 2001-2002, 2000, 1998-1999, 1995-1996, 1992-1993) can be used to track trends in tobacco use over time. Most of the same files can also be used to assess trends in tobacco control efforts, including both formal workplace and home restrictions on smoking, and the advice of a doctor, dentist, or other health professional to stop smoking.

Because of the large sample size for most survey items, analyses can be done at either the national or state levels, and in some cases, for areas smaller than the state level.

Researchers who are interested in the economic aspects of tobacco use can take advantage of the fact that the CPS collects detailed occupational and economic data that can be related to tobacco use because of the panel design of the CPS. (The March 2003 Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement (PDF) (revised 05/16/06) available from the US Census Bureau contains an example.) Other CPS supplements such as Internet and Computer Use, Food Security, and starting with the 2003 version, the American Time Use Supplement may be combined with the Tobacco Use Supplement data to enrich analysis and answer other important research questions.

As an example of the types of tables that can be produced using TUS data, some basic estimates from the 2003, 2001-2002, and 1998-1999 data files are provided.


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16 Oct 2006
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