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. 2024 Nov 22;8:e57747. doi: 10.2196/57747

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics, health literacy, vaping experience, and study completion time by condition.

Characteristics (demographics) Total (N=435) Video consent group (n=215) Written consent group (n=220) Chi-square or 2-tailed t test (df) P value
Age, mean (SD) 18.67 (2.69) 18.54 (2.65) 18.79 (2.73) 0.97 (433)a .37
Gender, n (%) 7.16 (6)b .52

Men 213 (49) 104 (48.4) 109 (49.5)


Women 178 (40.9) 84 (39.1) 94 (42.7)


Nonbinary 18 (4.1) 12 (5.6) 6 (2.7)


Trans woman 3 (0.7) 2 (0.9) 1 (0.5)


Trans man 10 (2.3) 5 (2.3) 5 (2.3)


Gender fluid or queer 5 (1.1) 3 (1.4) 2 (0.9)


Other 8 (1.8) 5 (2.3) 3 (1.4)

Race or ethnicity, n (%) 15.31(5)b .36

Non-Hispanic White 180 (41.4) 99 (46.0) 81 (36.8)


Non-Hispanic Black 105 (24.1) 49 (22.8) 56 (25.4)


Non-Hispanic Asian 59 (13.6) 25 (11.6) 34 (15.5)


Hispanic 62 (14.3) 32 (14.9) 30 (13.6)


Other or multiracial 23 (5.3) 7 (3.3) 16 (7.3)


Prefer not to answer 6 (1.4) 4 (1.9) 2 (0.9)

Education, n (%) 5.96 (7)b .82

6th grade 1 (0.2) 0 1 (0.5)


9th grade 14 (3.2) 4 (1.9) 10 (4.5)


10th grade 35 (8.0) 18 (8.4) 17 (7.7)


11th grade 56 (12.9) 28 (13.0) 28 (12.7)


12th grade 94 (21.6) 51 (23.7) 43 (19.5)


Graduated high school or GEDc 55 (12.6) 30 (14.0) 25 (11.4)


College 152 (34.9) 71 (33.0) 81 (36.8)


Other 28 (6.4) 13 (6.0) 15 (6.8)

Health literacy, n (%) 0.40 (1)b .69

Low 66 (15.2) 34 (15.8) 32 (14.5)


High 369 (84.8) 181 (84.2) 188 (85.5)

Lifetime nicotine vaping experienced (yes), n (%) 215 (49.4) 103 (47.9) 112 (50.9) 0.73 (2)b .69
Average completion time (minutes)e , mean (SD) 4.8 (3.0) 4.5 (2.49) 5.1 (3.40) 2.1(378)a .04

a2-tailed t test.

bChi-square test.

cGED: General Education Development.

dLifetime nicotine vaping experience was calculated based on the 309 participants who answered this optional question.

eAverage study completion time was calculated from 380 participants, eliminating 55 extreme outliers—24 in the written group and 31 in the video group.