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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2023 Jul 21;56(2):456–467. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01573-2

Table 2.

Polysubstance use and frequent use*stratified by key demographics, weapon carrying, and depressive symptomology

Weighted %

Alcohol and cigarette use Frequent alcohol and cigarette use Alcohol and cannabis use Frequent alcohol and cannabis use Cannabis and cigarette use Frequent cannabis and cigarette use Alcohol and electronic nicotine vapor product use Frequent alcohol and electronic nicotine vapor product use Cigarette and electronic nicotine vapor product use Frequent cigarette and electronic nicotine vapor product use Cannabis and electronic nicotine vapor product use Frequent cannabis and electronic nicotine vapor product use
Age, years (%)
14 8.7 6.9 7.1 5.4 8.8 7.8 10.3 5.6 9.8 7.8 8.2 7.8
15 16.4 12.9 17.1 13.8 15.7 10.3 22.9 13.0 17.3 14.2 17.7 14.6
16 22.8 23.4 26.2 24.6 22.1 25.2 29.4 24.6 23.9 26.2 27.4 26.8
17 28.7 31.6 30.2 32.7 30.5 25.1 23.7 30.7 28.4 22.7 28.0 29.8
18 23.3 25.2 19.4 23.6 22.9 31.6 13.7 24.2 22.1 29.0 18.7 21.0
P < 0.001 0.002 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.003 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Gender (%)
Boys 42.3 61.3 52.1 63.4 58.0 64.5 48.3 58.8 58.6 56.8 47.3 61.6
Girls 56.7 38.7 47.9 36.6 42.0 35.5 51.7 41.2 41.4 43.2 52.7 38.4
P 0.12 0.30 0.08 < 0.001 0.006 0.016 0.75 0.015 0.007 0.35 0.10 < 0.001
Race (%)
Non-Hispanic [NH] White 56.5 49.1 58.9 51.8 52.1 45.9 57.0 65.2 55.3 54.2 58.4 54.7
NH Black 7.9 7.7 7.4 9.0 10.5 11.3 9.0 5.5 7.1 7.3 7.7 8.4
Hispanic 7.4 1.5 7.4 5.0 7.6 4.1 8.7 5.0 7.7 4.7 7.7 6.9
Multiracial 24.7 39.8 23.4 30.9 26.1 32.9 21.8 21.9 25.5 28.9 22.9 25.4
Other^ 2.5 1.9 3.0 3.3 3.8 5.8 3.6 2.3 4.5 5.0 3.3 4.7
P 0.07 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.22 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.012 0.09 < 0.001 < 0.001
Bullying victimization (%)
Yes 30.4 43.7 25.0 28.5 31.1 44.2 26.6 24.5 31.7 44.8 25.1 25.2
P < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Weapon carrying (%)
At least once 37.8 64.4 24.4 48.2 38.2 59.4 13.3 38.1 36.4 56.1 22.4 30.9
P < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 0.009 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Depressive symptomology (%)
Yes 55.2 66.1 53.3 52.7 59.5 64.0 44.6 48.5 56.4 66.7 51.6 54.0
P < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
*

Frequent use: six-30 days in the last 30 days

^

Asian, Pacific Islander, Native Hawaiian, and Native Alaskan

Note: bold text indicates statistically significant estimates