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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Dec 8;115(1-2):120–130. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.11.004

Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of individuals with lifetime history of nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and cocaine use (weighted percentages).

Characteristic Nicotine Use N=15,918 Alcohol Use N=28,907 Cannabis Use N=7,389 Cocaine Use N=2,259

N % N % N % N %
Gender
Male 8301 57.2 13197 92.5 3919 26.9 1306 9.0
Female 7752 38.8 15963 81.6 3490 17.4 957 4.8
Age group
18-29 1992 40.7 4281 88.1 1539 31.3 328 6.7
30-44 4239 40.1 9358 89.7 2998 28.3 1005 9.5
≥45 9822 51.8 15521 83.8 2872 15.0 930 4.87
Race/ethnicity
Whites 10581 52.8 17805 90.3 4897 24.3 1512 7.5
Blacks 2703 41.5 5169 80.8 1179 17.9 275 4.2
Hispanics 2155 34.1 5033 81.3 1027 16.2 383 6.0
NH/PI 268 27.9 660 70.4 118 12.2 33 3.4
AI/AN 346 60.3 493 86.5 188 32.6 60 10.4
Urbanicity
Rural 2587 46.5 4679 85.6 1187 21.2 391 7.0
Urban 13466 46.7 24481 86.3 6222 21.4 1872 6.5
Nativity
US-Born 14465 49.7 25317 88.5 6990 23.9 2134 7.3
Foreign-born 1588 29.8 3843 74.0 419 7.8 129 2.4
Education
< High school 2757 50.7 3900 73.7 719 13.1 246 4.5
High school 3990 49.1 6672 83.6 1410 17.2 451 5.5
≥ College 9306 44.6 18588 90.5 5280 25.2 1566 7.5
Individual income
$0-$19,999 6867 45.6 11641 78.8 2631 17.3 799 5.3
$20,000-$34,999 3936 49.0 7045 89.4 1713 21.2 512 6.3
$35,000-$69,999 3849 47.3 7497 93.4 2140 26.2 639 7.8
≥ $70,000 1401 44.o 2977 94.8 925 28.9 313 9.8
Family income
$0-$19,999 3996 48.4 6144 76.0 1375 16.5 479 5.7
$20,000-$34,999 3421 49.3 5748 84.7 1308 18.7 376 5.4
$35,000-$69,999 5002 47.2 9309 89.2 2385 22.4 717 6.7
≥ $70,000 3634 42.1 7959 93.5 2341 27.1 691 8.0
Marital Status
Married 8536 45.5 16137 87.3 3865 20.5 1142 6.1
Divorced/separated 3217 56.4 5027 89.6 1503 26.8 525 9.1
Widowed 1533 45.7 2290 71.0 125 3.7 30 0.9
Never married 2767 41.9 5706 87.9 1916 28.9 566 8.5
Employment status
Never employed 2542 47.0 3803 72.3 381 7.0 118 2.2
Ever employed 13511 46.6 25357 88.8 7028 24.1 2145 7.4

Note: NH/PI=Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders and AI/AN=American Indians or Alaskan Natives