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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Addict. 2008;17(5):354–363. doi: 10.1080/10550490802269064

TABLE 1.

Selected demographic characteristics of past-year MDMA and other hallucinogen users aged 18 and older (unweighted N = 1,341)

Proportion, column % MDMA users n = 652 Other hallucinogen users n = 689
Sex
  Male 64.7 71.9
  Female 35.3 28.9
Age group in years
  18–25 64.1 72.8
  26–34 23.3 15.9
  35 or older 12.6 11.2
Race/ethnicity
  White, non-Hispanic 72.9 83.0
  African American 11.3 2.9
  American Indian or Alaska Native 0.7 2.4
  Asian, Pacific Islander, or Native Hawaiian 2.7 1.2
  Multiple race or ethnicity 2.0 1.1
  Hispanic 10.5 9.4
Educational level
  Less than high school 19.0 19.2
  High school graduate 33.8 28.4
  College or more 47.2 52.5
Employment status
  Not employed or not in the work force 20.0 14.0
  Unemployed or laid off 8.2 9.7
  Employed 71.8 76.3
Current marital status
  Never been married 78.9 82.7
  Separated, divorced, or widowed 9.5 4.8
  Married 11.6 12.5
Family income
  $0–$19,999 31.3 33.5
  $20,000–$39,999 24.5 26.1
  $40,000–$74,999 23.3 21.2
  $75,000+ 20.9 19.2
Population density
  Large metro areas 59.7 44.6*
  Small metro areas 37.2 49.8
  Non-metro areas 3.1 5.6

χ2 test for hallucinogen use and each demographic variable

*

p ≤ 0.01

p ≤ 0.001.