Table I. Study sample characteristics (N=1449).
Unweighted | Weighted to Current Population Survey | |||
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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.
6 cases missing,
2 cases missing.