Table 1.
Percentages in variables by marijuana use trajectory group
| None or low users (64%, n=519) |
Increasers (10%, n=81) |
Moderate users (12%, n=99) |
Chronic users (14%, n=117) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables |
African -American | 53% (n=276) | 54% (n=44) | 48% (n=48) | 49% (n=57) |
| Females | 68% (n=353) | 48% (n=39) | 57% (n=56) | 38% (n=44) | |
| Work commitment |
Employment | 89% (n=461) | 79% (n=64) | 90% (n=89) | 80% (n=94) |
| Work achievement | 30% (n=152) | 20% (n=16) | 26% (n=26) | 20% (n=23) | |
| Incapacitated at work | 0.8% (n=4) | 15% (n=12) | 5% (n=5) | 19% (n=22) | |
| Skipped work | 16% (n=82) | 20% (n=16) | 23% (n=23) | 13% (n=15) | |
| Financial stability |
Financial independence | 58% (n=303) | 46% (n=37) | 57% (n=56) | 36% (n=42) |
| Financial problems | 19% (n=97) | 19% (n=15) | 26% (n=26) | 28% (n=33) | |
| Social environment |
Co-worker’s illegal drug use | 11% (n=58) | 30% (n=24) | 20% (n=20) | 27% (n=22) |
| Violence towards subject | 8% (n=42) | 15% (n=12) | 12% (n=12) | 23% (n=27) | |
| Peer drug association | 6% (n=31) | 14% (n=11) | 11% (n=11) | 32% (n=37) | |