Table 1.
Sample Characteristics by Different Types of Marijuana Users (n = 4418; unweighted/n = 4394; weighted)
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Users | Illicit Users | Medical Users | Diverted Medical Marijuana Users | ||
| No past year marijuana use (n = 2817; 64.1%)a | Past year marijuana use that was not from a legal or medial source (n = 1263; 28.8%)a | Past year marijuana use from their own prescription (n = 48; 1.1%)a | Past year marijuana use from someone else's prescription (n = 266; 6.1%)a | ||
| Demographics (% )a | % | % | % | % | |
| Sex | <.001 | ||||
| Male (45.3) | 43.1 | 49.2 | 66.7 | 57.7 | |
| Female (46.8) | 52.2 | 42.7 | 12.5 | 31.1 | |
| Missing Response (7.9) | 4.7 | 8.1 | 20.8 | 11.2 | |
| Race | <.001 | ||||
| White (56.5) | 58.4 | 59.6 | 34.0 | 49.6 | |
| Black (10.1) | 11.4 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 3.8 | |
| Hispanic (13.8) | 14.1 | 12.3 | 21.3 | 20.3 | |
| Other Race/Missingc(19.6) | 16.1 | 19.8 | 34.0 | 26.3 | |
| Urbanicity | <.001 | ||||
| Large MSA/Urban (31.2) | 29.5 | 31.4 | 18.8 | 47.4 | |
| Other MSA/Suburban (48.7) | 48.3 | 49.6 | 66.7 | 44.7 | |
| Non-MSA/Rural (20.1) | 22.2 | 19.0 | 14.6 | 7.9 | |
| U.S. Region | <.001 | ||||
| North East (17.0) | 16.5 | 21.1 | 8.5 | 5.2 | |
| North central (25.0) | 26.6 | 24.4 | 12.8 | 16.5 | |
| South (33.9) | 35.5 | 33.5 | 19.1 | 13.9 | |
| West (24.1) | 21.4 | 21.1 | 59.6 | 64.4 |
Note. Due to missing responses on past year marijuana use questions, 170 respondents (unweighted)/185 respondents (weighted) were removed from the analysis.
a
Weighted estimates are provided.
b
χ2 test of the overall association between different types of marijuana users and each demographic.
c
The public use MTF data censors respondents race to only identify White, Black, and Hispanic respondents. Respondents racial identities who are 'Other Race' are censored due to issues of confidentiality.