Table 1. Characteristics of people who have used and not used psychedelics.
Among used psychedelics | Among not used psychedelics | Used psychedelics, within each category | |||
wt % | N | wt % | N | wt % | |
Total | 100% | 21967 | 100% | 108034 | 13.4% |
Age | |||||
18 to 25 years old | 20.6% | 11810 | 13.9% | 51000 | 18.7% |
26 years or older | 79.4% | 10157 | 86.1% | 57034 | 12.5% |
Sex | |||||
Male | 61.0% | 12736 | 45.9% | 48052 | 17.1% |
Female | 39.0% | 9231 | 54.1% | 59982 | 10.0% |
Race/ethnicity | |||||
White | 85.7% | 18399 | 69.5% | 71732 | 16.0% |
Hispanic | 6.7% | 1679 | 12.4% | 14926 | 7.7% |
Black | 4.0% | 621 | 12.2% | 14331 | 4.8% |
Asian | 1.0% | 250 | 4.3% | 3843 | 3.4% |
Native American | 0.9% | 399 | 0.4% | 1060 | 25.2% |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 77 | 0.3% | 492 | 9.6% |
More than one | 1.4% | 542 | 0.9% | 1650 | 20.0% |
Household income | |||||
Less than $20,000 | 17.2% | 5403 | 20.2% | 27777 | 12.2% |
$20,000 to $49,000 | 36.3% | 8616 | 38.0% | 42340 | 13.2% |
$50,000 to $74,999 | 19.6% | 3664 | 18.0% | 17953 | 15.0% |
$75,000 or more | 26.8% | 4284 | 23.8% | 19964 | 15.4% |
Education | |||||
Not high school graduate | 13.2% | 3727 | 18.0% | 19174 | 10.2% |
High school graduate | 30.5% | 7265 | 32.3% | 36988 | 12.8% |
Some college | 29.7% | 6757 | 24.3% | 29775 | 15.9% |
College graduate | 26.6% | 4217 | 25.4% | 22056 | 14.0% |
Marital status | |||||
Not married | 54.6% | 14978 | 41.3% | 62086 | 17.0% |
Married | 45.4% | 6985 | 58.7% | 45912 | 10.7% |
Likes to test self by doing risky things | |||||
Never | 24.5% | 4486 | 53.7% | 48090 | 6.6% |
Seldom | 45.2% | 9662 | 34.2% | 40565 | 17.0% |
Sometimes | 27.3% | 6780 | 11.1% | 17174 | 27.6% |
Always | 3.1% | 1017 | 1.1% | 1922 | 31.1% |
Extremely stressful event | |||||
No | 47.7% | 10951 | 66.1% | 71039 | 10.1% |
Yes | 52.3% | 10938 | 33.9% | 36361 | 19.3% |
Lifetime use of other drugs | |||||
Cannabis | 98.2% | 21542 | 33.0% | 42705 | 31.5% |
Opiates | 46.2% | 11249 | 7.7% | 10958 | 48.1% |
Cocaine | 70.1% | 14014 | 6.7% | 6959 | 61.8% |
Tranquilizers and sedatives | 44.1% | 8863 | 4.7% | 5131 | 59.2% |
Stimulants | 41.8% | 8648 | 3.7% | 4455 | 63.3% |
MDMA | 24.7% | 8074 | 1.2% | 2680 | 75.9% |
Inhaled anesthetics | 28.5% | 7515 | 1.6% | 2735 | 74.0% |
Alkyl nitrites | 19.8% | 3448 | 1.3% | 1283 | 70.3% |
Other inhalants | 12.8% | 2999 | 1.6% | 2750 | 55.6% |
PCP | 21.0% | 3752 | 0.4% | 481 | 89.3% |
Wt %, weighted percentage.