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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Drug Policy. 2014 Aug 2;26(2):135–142. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.07.011

Table1.

Proportion of individuals with lifetime cannabis used who progressed to the use of other illicit drugs, by sociodemographic characteristics

Characteristics Any Drug Use a (n=2572)
% 95%CIb
Gender
Male 42.71 40.65 44.80
Female 34.98 32.82 37.20
Age group
18-29 38.53 35.56 41.60
30-44 43.75 41.49 46.04
≥45 33.25 30.53 36.08
Race/ethnicity
Whites 40.54 38.82 42.28
Blacks 25.17 22.02 28.60
Hispanics 43.07 38.64 47.61
Asians 43.68 34.74 53.06
Native American 47.87 39.25 56.62
Urbanicity
Rural 36.11 32.67 39.69
Urban 40.05 38.28 41.85
US Born
Yes 39.76 38.12 41.41
No 32.36 27.06 38.16
Education
< High school 43.25 38.64 47.97
High school 39.58 36.42 42.84
≥ College 38.70 36.89 40.55
Marital Status
Married/living with someone 37.57 35.57 39.62
Divorced/separated 43.10 39.41 46.87
Widowed 33.51 22.24 47.04
Never married 41.63 38.66 44.66
Employment status
Ever employed 39.93 38.17 41.73
Never employed 37.40 34.40 40.50
a

Sedatives, tranquilizers, painkillers, stimulants, cocaine or crack, hallucinogens, inhalants/solvents, heroin, and other,

b

95% confidence interval.