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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Risk Anal. 2016 Sep 5;37(6):1170–1180. doi: 10.1111/risa.12676

Table I. Study sample characteristics (N=1449).

Unweighted Weighted to Current Population Survey

Mean (SD) % Mean (SE) %
Age (years) 49.5 (16.9) 46.6 (0.6)
Sex
 Male 48.7 49.5
 Female 51.3 50.4
Race/Ethnicity
 White 76.6 69.4
 African-American 7.5 10.6
 Hispanic 10.0 13.9
 Other 5.9 6.0
Education
 Completed high school or below 33.7 40.4
 Some college 31.9 29.6
 College graduate or higher 35.5 30.0
Annual household income
 <$25,000 15.7 16.4
 $25,000-49,999 23.7 22.9
 ≥$50,000 60.7 60.7
Health Status (scale of 1-6 from very poor to excellent)a 4.3 (0.9) 4.3 (0.0)
Smoking Status
 Non-smoker 55.8 55.9
 Former 29.1 27.1
 Current 15.1 17.0
E-cigarette use
 Never tried e-cigarettes 87.9 86.4
 Tried e-cigarettes but not in the last 30 days 8.1 9.2
 Used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days 3.9 4.4
Observed others vaping (scale of 1 to 4 from never to five times of more in the past 30 days) 1.2 (0.4) 1.3 (0.0)
Perceived harm of breathing vapor to health (two-item scale of 1 to 7 from not at all harmful to very harmful) 3.8 (1.9) 3.8 (0.1)
Breathing vapor is more harmful compared to breathing smokea (scale of 1 to 5 from much less to much more harmful) 2.0 (0.8) 2.0 (0.0)
Correct knowledge (3-item scale of 1 to 3 from incorrect to correct)b 2.0 (0.3) 2.0 (0.0)

Notes.

a

6 cases missing,

b

2 cases missing.