Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Male and Female Cannabis Users

	Male	Female	p
Gender (n)	1370	1004
	57.7%	43.3%
Age (n)	1354	990
	M=32.73 (SD=13.20)	M=34.71 (SD=13.12)	<0.001
Ethnicity (n)	1350	997
Caucasian	87.5%	85.9%	0.25
African American	1.2%	1.2%	0.97
Hispanic	2.9%	3.8%	0.22
Native American	0.7%	1.8%	0.011
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.6%	1.5%	0.92
Other	6.2%	5.8%	0.68
Highest level of education (n)	1356	999
<High school	4.1%	2.1%	0.008
High school/GED	33%	24.3%	<0.001
Technical school	12.3%	10.1%	0.10
Associate	13.3%	16.6%	0.02
Bachelors	26.9%	31.8%	0.009
Masters	6.6%	9.9%	0.004
Doctorate	3.8%	5.1%	0.14
Current employment (n)	1361	994
Full time	54.7%	48.4%	0.003
Part time	20.4%	23.6%	0.06
Unemployed	13.7%	13.5%	0.90
Retired	4%	3.5%	0.52
Disabled	7.3%	11%	0.002
Income: last 12 months (n)	1328	974
<$20,000	19.7%	24.2%	0.009
$20,000–40,000	22.5%	26.2%	0.04
$40,000–60,000	16.3%	18.6%	0.15
$60,000–80,000	11.2%	9.8%	0.26
$80,000–100,000	10.5%	8.1%	0.06
$100,000–150,000	11.1%	7%	<0.001
>$150,000	8.7%	6.2%	0.03
Relationship status (n)	1367	998
Married	29.3%	32.6%	0.09
Domestic partnership	12.4%	16.9%	0.002
Divorced	3.8%	6.6%	0.002
Single	47.1%	36.6%	<0.001
Other	7.3%	7.3%	1.0

Bold values indicate statistical significance.

SD, standard deviation.