Table 1.
Sociodemographic Correlates of Past 12-Month Marijuana Use among Late Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the United States, 2002–2014
| Have you used marijuana or hashish in the past 12 months? | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic Factors |
Late Middle-Aged Adults (Ages 50 to 64) |
Older Adults (Ages 65 and older) |
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| No (n = 43,932) |
Yes (n = 2668) |
Odds Ratio | No (n = 29,162) |
Yes (n = 256) |
Odds Ratio | |||||||
| % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | AOR | (95% CI) | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | AOR | (95% CI) | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Female | 52.65 | (52.0–53.3) | 34.54 | (31.2–36.9) | -- | 56.78 | (56.1–57.5) | 30.11 | (23.3–37.9) | -- | ||
| Male | 47.35 | (46.7–48.0) | 65.46 | (63.0–67.8) | 2.26 | (2.03–2.51) | 43.22 | (42.5–43.9) | 69.89 | (62.0–76.7) | 3.12 | (2.09–4.65) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 73.94 | (73.3–74.5) | 79.24 | (77.3–81.0) | -- | 80.40 | (79.7–81.1) | 72.90 | (64.1–80.2) | -- | ||
| African American | 10.61 | (10.2–11.0) | 12.14 | (10.5–14.0) | 0.81 | (0.68–0.96) | 8.34 | (7.9–8.8) | 15.30 | (10.1–22.6) | 1.92 | (1.07–3.43) |
| Hispanic | 9.65 | (5.5–6.1) | 4.93 | (2.9–4.7) | 0.39 | (0.30–0.50) | 6.78 | (6.4–7.2) | 6.18 | (3.1–9.9) | 0.82 | (0.44–1.56) |
| Other | 5.80 | (9.2–10.1) | 3.69 | (3.9–6.2) | 0.57 | (0.44–0.76) | 4.48 | (4.1–4.9) | 5.61 | (2.5–14.4) | 1.18 | (0.44–3.18) |
| Family Income | ||||||||||||
| Less than $20,000 | 13.62 | (13.2–14.0) | 22.24 | (20.2–24.4) | 1.44 | (1.20–1.73) | 23.80 | (23.1–24.5) | 26.16 | (19.5–34.1) | 1.89 | (0.99–3.62) |
| $20,000–$49,999 | 29.05 | (28.6–29.5) | 30.33 | (27.9–32.8) | 1.12 | 0.96–1.32) | 43.32 | (42.6–44.1) | 38.87 | (31.3–46.9) | 1.47 | (0.86–2.53) |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 19.16 | (18.6–19.7) | 14.90 | (13.4–16.6) | 0.91 | (0.78–1.05) | 15.12 | (14.5–15.7) | 16.77 | (11.2–24.4) | 1.38 | (0.75–2.53) |
| $75,000 or greater | 38.17 | (37.5–38.8) | 32.53 | (30.1–35.0) | -- | 17.76 | (17.1–18.4) | 18.20 | (12.6–25.5) | -- | ||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Less than High School | 12.46 | (12.0–12.9) | 13.19 | (11.7–14.8) | 1.04 | (0.86–1.25) | 22.85 | (22.1–23.6) | 19.71 | (13.8–27.3) | 0.47 | (0.25–0.88) |
| High School Graduate | 31.04 | (30.4–31.7) | 30.31 | (27.9–32.7) | 0.94 | 0.81–1.09) | 34.26 | (33.5–35.0) | 16.33 | (11.6–22.5) | 0.30 | (0.17–0.54) |
| Some College | 24.77 | (24.3–25.3) | 27.21 | (25.3–29.1) | 1.14 | (1.01–1.27) | 19.57 | (19.0–20.1) | 24.91 | (19.2–31.6) | 0.77 | (0.49–1.20) |
| College Graduate | 31.73 | (31.1–32.4) | 29.29 | (27.1–31.6) | -- | 23.32 | (22.6–24.0) | 39.05 | (30.7–48.1) | -- | ||
| Marital Status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 68.37 | (67.7–69.0) | 48.70 | (46.1–51.3) | -- | 57.51 | (56.7–58.3) | 50.84 | (41.6–60.1) | -- | ||
| Widowed | 4.84 | (4.6–5.1) | 3.55 | (2.7–4.6) | 1.18 | (0.90–1.54) | 27.03 | (26.4–27.7) | 17.19 | (12.3–23.6) | 1.03 | (0.64–1.68) |
| Divorced/Separated | 19.40 | (18.9–20.0) | 34.41 | (32.1–36.8) | 2.33 | (2.05–2.64) | 11.59 | (11.0–12.2) | 25.38 | (18.9–33.2) | 2.27 | (1.37–3.75) |
| Never Married | 7.39 | (7.1–7.7) | 13.34 | (11.8–15.1) | 2.13 | (1.77–2.56) | 3.87 | (3.6–4.1) | 6.59 | (3.1–13.3) | 1.74 | (0.70–4.35) |
| Insurance | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 88.29 | (88.9–89.7) | 83.36 | (81.3–85.2) | -- | 99.42 | (99.3–99.5) | 97.94 | (93.5–99.4) | -- | ||
| No | 10.71 | (10.3–11.1) | 16.64 | (14.8–18.7) | 1.34 | (1.15–1.57) | 0.58 | (0.48–0.70) | 2.06 | (0.63–6.50) | 3.46 | (0.90–13.3) |
| Urbanicity* | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 82.13 | (81.5–82.7) | 83.97 | (81.9–85.8) | -- | 80.79 | (79.9–81.6) | 83.22 | (77.4–87.8) | -- | ||
| Rural | 17.87 | (17.3–18.5) | 16.03 | (14.2–18.0) | 0.77 | (0.66–0.90) | 19.21 | (18.4–20.1) | 16.78 | (12.2–22.6) | 0.90 | (0.61–1.33) |
Note: Odds ratios adjusted for gender, race/ethnicity, family income, education, marital status, insurance, and survey year.
*
NSDUH data on urbanicity is only available after 2006. As such, while we present estimates and odds ratios for urbanicity, we did not adjust odds ratios for the other demographic factors for urban/rural status. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals in bold are statistically significant.