Table 1.
Sociodemographic and Cannabis Differences – Bivariate Results
| Overall Sample | 18 – 34 Years | 35 – 49 Years | 50 – 64 Years | ||||||||||
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| Non-LGBT | LGBT | Test Stat | Non-LGBT | LGBT | Test Stat | Non-LGBT | LGBT | Test Stat | Non-LGBT | LGBT | Test Stat | ||
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| Age (M) | 46.8 | 35.6 | 25.7 | 26.9 | 24.8 | 7.1 | 42.1 | 41.1 | 3.8 | 57.6 | 57.1 | 1.4 | |
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| Sex (%) | Female | 50.7 | 77.2 | 228.9 | 48.8 | 84.4 | 157.3 | 50.5 | 72.8 | 46.7 | 51.6 | 64.2 | 11.9 |
| Male | 48.3 | 22.8 | 51.2 | 15.6 | 49.5 | 27.2 | 48.4 | 35.8 | |||||
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| Race (%) | Non-Hispanic White | 86.1 | 83.0 | 6.0 | 81.8 | 82.0 | 0.7 | 83.9 | 82.5 | 0.3 | 89.3 | 86.5 | 2.1 |
| Non-Hispanic Minority | 7.3 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 8.4 | |||||
| Hispanic | 6.6 | 8.1 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | |||||
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| Employment (%) | Employed | 60.7 | 62.3 | 243.0 | 70.9 | 62.4 | 12.2 | 75.4 | 72.2 | 7.8 | 45.3 | 49.1 | 4.8 |
| Unemployed | 35.6 | 21.2 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 54.5 | 50.0 | |||||
| Student | 3.8 | 16.5 | 19.9 | 28.9 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | |||||
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| Education (%) | No College | 46.3 | 43.2 | 3.1 | 53.8 | 52.7 | 0.1 | 42.7 | 36.1 | 4.1 | 46.4 | 26.9 | 29.4 |
| Any College | 53.7 | 56.8 | 46.2 | 47.3 | 57.3 | 63.9 | 53.6 | 73.1 | |||||
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| Age of Onset (M) | 16.2 | 16.8 | −3.2 | 16.2 | 17.0 | −3.9 | 16.7 | 17.0 | −0.9 | 15.8 | 16.2 | −1.0 | |
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| Past-30 Days (M) | 27.1 | 25.7 | 5.9 | 26.3 | 24.7 | 3.5 | 27.4 | 27.2 | 0.5 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 1.8 | |
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| Cannabis Law (%) | No Law | 21.5 | 17.9 | 11.3 | 20.7 | 17.0 | 2.9 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 0.9 | 21.6 | 16.2 | 8.5 |
| Medical Law Only | 33.9 | 32.1 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 34.4 | 32.3 | 33.7 | 28.7 | |||||
| Recreational Law | 44.6 | 50.0 | 46.0 | 49.7 | 43.8 | 46.9 | 44.7 | 55.1 | |||||
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| Reason (%) | Medical Only | 16.3 | 10.8 | 30.1 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 15.3 | 1.1 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 0.1 |
| Recreational Only | 14.0 | 19.0 | 26.8 | 24.9 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 12.5 | |||||
| Both | 69.7 | 70.3 | 65.9 | 69.1 | 71.1 | 72.9 | 69.9 | 69.9 | |||||
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| Using more than intended | 17.8 | 28.0 | 52.6 | 25.0 | 36.8 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 0.1 | 13.1 | 15.7 | 1.1 | |
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| Failed quit attempts | 13.7 | 25.9 | 86.5 | 31.8 | 37.6 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 2.1 | |
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| Spending a lot of time using | 51.7 | 58.0 | 13.2 | 62.8 | 64.6 | 0.4 | 54.0 | 57.3 | 1.0 | 45.9 | 41.2 | 1.7 | |
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| Craving | 54.4 | 63.4 | 26.5 | 64.8 | 71.0 | 4.9 | 54.5 | 55.9 | 0.2 | 50.7 | 52.8 | 0.3 | |
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| Problems fulfilling obligations | 3.0 | 7.4 | 40.6 | 7.3 | 11.0 | 4.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 0.03 | |
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| Use despite relational problems | 6.1 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 0.01 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 0.01 | |
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| Giving up important activities | 2.7 | 6.7 | 35.9 | 5.8 | 11.0 | 9.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
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| Use in high-risk situations | 32.0 | 31.4 | 0.1 | 39.7 | 34.5 | 3.2 | 31.6 | 29.5 | 0.5 | 29.6 | 25.5 | 1.6 | |
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| Use despite health consequences | 10.9 | 16.2 | 21.6 | 15.5 | 21.0 | 5.7 | 7.9 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 11.6 | 10.2 | 0.4 | |
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| Tolerance | 24.2 | 34.3 | 42.8 | 36.3 | 43.8 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 26.4 | 0.1 | 18.9 | 19.4 | 0.04 | |
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| Withdrawal | 13.8 | 24.8 | 71.5 | 26.3 | 33.3 | 6.7 | 13.1 | 19.8 | 8.4 | 9.8 | 8.3 | 0.5 | |
Note.
Overall Sample: Non-LGBT n = 3248, LGBT n = 1086.
18-34 Years: Non-LGBT n = 537, LGBT n = 582.
35-49 Years: Non-LGBT n = 1197, LGBT n = 288.
50-64 Years: Non-LGBT n = 11515, LGBT n = 216.
Bolded test statistic (stat) values denote omnibus group differences at p ≤ .05.