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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2015 Aug 13;143:36–44. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.016

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, more than 6 months of substance use, %

	Heavy episodic drinking (more than 6 months of use)			Daily cigarette smoking (more than 6 months of use)			Marijuana use (more than 6 months of use)

Age	Employed	Unemployed	Δ	Employed	Unemployed	Δ	Employed	Unemployed	Δ
22	16.7	29.4	12.7^***	29.1	38.3	9.2^**	18.7	26.3	7.6^**
23	17.6	21.7	4.1	27.8	42.1	14.3^***	17.7	29.5	11.8^***
24	16.7	22.9	6.3^*	29.3	43.0	13.7^***	16.8	23.6	6.7^*
25	15.1	23.0	7.9^**	29.9	42.6	12.7^**	17.3	34.3	17.0^***
26	14.5	22.7	8.2^**	30.1	40.4	10.3^**	17.5	28.0	10.5^**
27	14.0	19.6	5.6^*	27.6	39.6	12.0^***	16.4	25.8	9.4^***
28	11.3	20.4	9.0^***	29.9	35.2	5.3	14.1	26.9	12.8^***
29	12.3	20.0	7.7^**	29.1	40.0	10.9^**	13.9	27.4	13.4^***
30	11.9	11.6	−0.3	27.7	38.4	10.7^**	12.3	22.3	10.0^***
31	11.2	18.1	6.9	26.9	33.3	6.5	14.4	19.3	4.9
32	10.2	19.8	9.5^**	25.7	32.9	7.2	15.6	15.0	−0.6
33	9.6	17.0	7.4^*	23.0	40.8	17.8^***	11.9	19.4	7.5^**

Note:

^***

< 0.01,

^**

< 0.05,

^*

< 0.10