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. 2015 Aug 18;110(11):1794–1802. doi: 10.1111/add.13042

Table 1.

Distribution of covariate frequencies (%) across levels of adolescent cannabis use measured at ~18 years of age in a cohort of Swedish men.

Adolescent cannabis use
Overall Never 1–10 times 11–50 times >50 times
n % n % n % n % n %
42 240 100 38 506 91.16 2515 5.95 603 1.43 616 1.46
Childhood/adolescence
Parental SEP
Non‐manual occupation 18 142 42.95 16 417 42.63 1170 46.52 291 48.26 264 42.86
Manual occupation 23 210 54.95 21 286 55.28 1294 51.45 297 49.25 333 54.06
No occupation 888 2.10 803 2.09 51 2.03 15 2.49 19 3.08
Divorced parents 4285 10.14 3556 9.23 443 17.61 129 21.39 157 25.49
Contact with police or childcare authorities 11 727 27.76 9683 25.15 1207 47.99 377 62.52 460 74.68
IQ (1–9) 5.40a 2.05b 5.36a 2.06b 5.84a 1.84b 5.62a 1.84b 5.48a 1.84b
Social maturity (1–5) 3.10a 0.87b 3.13a 0.86b 3.01a 0.92b 2.67a 1.00b 2.20a 0.93b
Psychiatric diagnosis 4855 11.49 3864 10.03 451 17.93 202 33.50 338 54.87
Cigarette smoking
None 17 859 42.28 17 367 45.10 373 14.83 73 12.11 46 7.47
1–10 cigarettes/day 13 501 31.96 12 211 31.71 929 36.94 179 29.68 182 29.55
>10 cigarettes/day 10 880 25.76 8928 23.19 1213 48.23 351 58.21 388 62.99
Risky alcohol use 5334 12.63 4148 10.77 669 26.60 230 38.14 287 46.59
Illicit drug use
None 40 956 96.96 38 380 99.67 2147 85.37 303 50.25 126 20.45
Yes 1049 2.48 124 0.32 330 13.12 244 40.46 351 56.98
Yes, injected 235 0.56 2 0.01 38 1.51 56 9.29 139 22.56
Adulthood
Level of education
Tertiary education 11 691 27.68 10 637 27.62 777 30.89 153 25.37 124 20.13
Secondary education 19 487 46.13 17 616 45.75 1239 49.26 308 51.08 324 52.60
Primary education 11 062 26.19 10 253 26.63 499 19.84 142 23.55 168 27.27
Psychiatric disorder 1806 4.28 1529 3.97 145 5.77 55 9.12 77 12.50
Drug‐related disorder 167 0.40 89 0.23 34 1.35 16 2.65 28 4.55
a

Mean;

b

standard deviation; SEP = socio‐economic position.