Africa - African Cigarette Prices 2016-2019

DATA
Reference ID afr-reep-acp-2016-2019-v1.3
Year 2016 - 2019
Country Africa
Producer(s) Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products - University of Cape Town
Sponsor(s) International Development Research Centre - IDRC - Funder
Collection(s)
Data on Aliments, Tobacco, and Alcohol (DATA) in Africa Project
Created on Nov 08, 2016
Last modified Jul 01, 2020
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Overview
Identification
Country
Africa
Title
African Cigarette Prices 2016-2019

Study Type
Price Survey
Recommended Citation
Data on Alcohol and Tobacco in Africa Project. African Cigarette Prices 2016-2019. [dataset]. Version 1.3. Cape Town: Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products [producer], 2019.Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/nvz2-ah77

ID Number
afr-reep-acp-2016-2019-v1.3
Version
Version Description
v1.3: Edited, anonymised and serialized data for public distribution

Production Date
2020
Notes
Version 1.2: All previous rounds and datafiles of the ACP were harmonized and combined into a single data series. Version 1.2 covered rounds 1-7. Prior to version 1.2 rounds were released separately.

Version 1.3: Round 8 was added. It was undertaken between June and August 2019.

Overview
Abstract
The Data on Alcohol and Tobacco in Africa (DATA) Project is based at the University of Cape Town. The DATA project collected prices of cigarettes sold at retail outlets and from street vendors in a number of African countries. The aim is to create a retail cigarette price database to enable researchers to make estimations about price differences in these countries, between brands, in urban and rural settlements, and over time.

Kind of Data
Sample survey data

Units of Analysis
Other

Scope
Notes
The study collected data on prices of cigarettes from retail outlets and street vendors in several African countries.

Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The countries included in the study are: Botswana, Etiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Geographic Unit
The data was collected at the level of retailer (often incliuding GPS coordinates), but the lowest level of geographic detail available in the public use dataset is Suburb.

Universe
The study covered cigarette prices of retailers (including street vendors) in selected African countries.

Producers and Sponsors
Primary Investigator(s)
NameAffiliation
Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products University of Cape Town
Funding
NameAbbreviationRole
International Development Research Centre IDRCFunder
Metadata Production
Metadata Produced By
NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
DataFirstUniversity of Cape TownMetadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020
DDI Document Version
Version 1


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