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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 3.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2017 Mar 21;52(8):974–981. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2016.1268162

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Cannabis Vaporization Status
Total Sample
Never Users
Lifetime Users (all)*
Lifetime Users (no past-month)
Past-Month Users
N = 522 n = 429 n = 93 n = 33 n = 60
Sex (Female) 49.6 50.3 46.2 51.5 43.3
Age 34.07 (9.65) 34.66 (9.98) 31.33 (7.34) 31.91 (9.02) 31.00 (6.28)
Race (White) 71.5
Income** $49,812.86 (27,550.81) $50,244.16 (27,491.55) $47,827.96 (27,885.29) $48,409.09 (27,511.49) $47,508.33 (28,314.44)
Age at e-cigarette onset 30.18 (10.44) 31.08 (10.54) 25.75 (8.76) 26.79 (9.52) 25.11 (8.29)
E-cigarette frequency (days/week)** 4.08 (2.89) 4.20 (2.89) 3.35 (2.81) 3.55 (3.03) 3.25 (2.70)
Cannabis Status (Illegal) 60.5 59.0 67.7 66.7 68.3
Beliefs about Vaping Cannabis
Taste 17.8 14.0 35.5 33.3 36.7
Health 19.5 15.6 37.6 36.4 38.3
Conceal 16.3 11.2 39.8 30.3 45.0
Smell 16.7 12.1 37.6 36.4 38.3
Convenient 10.9 6.8 30.1 36.4 26.7
Better high 27.4 23.5 45.2 54.5 40.0
Motives for Vaping Cannabis
Taste 35.5 39.3 37.9
Health 37.6 42.9 39.7
Conceal 39.8 35.7 46.6
Smell 37.6 42.9 39.7
Convenient 30.1 42.9 27.6
Better high 45.2 58.1 40.7
Impulsivity 1.90 (0.70) 1.81 (0.64) 2.33 (0.78) 1.97 (0.61) 2.53 (0.80)
Poor Self-Control 2.05 (0.63) 2.05 (0.63) 2.06 (0.63) 2.07 (0.72) 2.06 (0.58)

Note. Categorical variables are presented as percentages. Continuous variables are presented as mean (standard deviation)

*

indicates that “all lifetime users” comprises past-month users and lifetime only users

**

income and e-cigarette frequency have been transformed from their original formats, which included ranges, for ease of presentation.