Table 1.
Characteristics of young adults aged 18–34, Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study, 2013–2014.
| Aged 18–24 (n = 9110; 42.3%) |
Aged 25–34 (n = 6338; 57.7%) |
Total (n = 15,448) |
Aged 18–24 vs. 25–34 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | OR | (95% CI) | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 50.2 | 50.5 | 50.4 | Ref. | |
| Female | 49.8 | 49.5 | 49.6 | 1.01 | (0.97, 1.06) |
| Sexual orientation | |||||
| Heterosexual/straight | 91.2 | 93.0 | 92.2 | Ref. | |
| LGBQ | 8.8 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.29 | (1.12, 1.49) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 54.8 | 58.2 | 56.8 | Ref. | |
| Black | 13.3 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 1.14 | (1.02, 1.27) |
| Other | 11.2 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 1.26 | (1.04, 1.53) |
| Hispanic | 20.7 | 19.9 | 20.2 | 1.10 | (1.00, 1.22) |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school | 10.8 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 2.90 | (2.55, 3.31) |
| High school graduate/GED | 32.8 | 26.7 | 29.2 | 3.04 | (2.74, 3.38) |
| Some college/associate’s degree | 43.2 | 31.5 | 36.4 | 3.40 | (3.01, 3.84) |
| Bachelor’s/advanced degree | 13.2 | 32.7 | 24.5 | Ref. | |
| Poverty status | |||||
| Below poverty level (< 100% of poverty guideline) | 47.4 | 29.6 | 36.8 | 2.14 | (1.95, 2.36) |
| At or above poverty level (≥100% of poverty guideline) | 52.6 | 70.4 | 63.2 | Ref. | |
| Region | |||||
| Northeast | 17.2 | 16.5 | 16.8 | Ref. | |
| South | 20.6 | 21.9 | 21.4 | 0.90 | (0.77, 1.04) |
| Midwest | 37.8 | 36.9 | 37.3 | 0.98 | (0.87, 1.10) |
| West | 24.4 | 24.7 | 24.6 | 0.94 | (0.82, 1.08) |
| Past 30-day alcohol use | |||||
| No | 45.7 | 40.7 | 42.7 | Ref. | |
| Yes | 54.3 | 59.3 | 57.3 | 0.82 | (0.74, 0.90) |
| Past 30-day marijuana use | |||||
| No | 82.4 | 89.8 | 86.6 | Ref. | |
| Yes | 17.6 | 10.2 | 13.4 | 1.87 | (1.65, 2.12) |
| Past 30-day use of any other drugs | |||||
| No | 93.9 | 94.3 | 94.2 | Ref. | |
| Yes | 6.1 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 1.07 | (0.93, 1.23) |
| Medical comorbidities | |||||
| No | 76.1 | 71.9 | 73.7 | Ref. | |
| Yes | 23.9 | 28.1 | 26.3 | 0.80 | (0.73, 0.88) |
| Internalizing behavior | |||||
| Low | 53.7 | 64.3 | 59.8 | Ref. | |
| Moderate | 26.8 | 21.6 | 23.8 | 1.48 | (1.34, 1.64) |
| High | 19.5 | 14.1 | 16.4 | 1.65 | (1.48, 1.84) |
| Externalizing behavior | |||||
| Low | 49.2 | 62.5 | 56.9 | Ref. | |
| Moderate | 30.1 | 24.7 | 27.0 | 1.55 | (1.41, 1.70) |
| High | 20.8 | 12.8 | 16.2 | 2.07 | (1.83, 2.34) |
| Substance use scale | |||||
| Low | 76.0 | 80.5 | 78.6 | Ref. | |
| Moderate | 17.0 | 14.0 | 15.3 | 1.29 | (1.16, 1.43) |
| High | 7.0 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 1.35 | (1.17, 1.55) |
| Cigarette smoking status | |||||
| Never | 46.9 | 36.5 | 40.9 | Ref. | |
| Former experimental | 23.0 | 22.3 | 22.6 | 0.81 | (0.71, 0.91) |
| Former established | 4.6 | 12.8 | 9.3 | 0.28 | (0.24, 0.33) |
| Current experimental | 5.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.29 | (1.10, 1.51) |
| Current established | 19.6 | 24.9 | 22.6 | 0.62 | (0.55, 0.68) |
Missing: Sex (0.05%), sexual orientation (1.4%), race/ethnicity (0%), education (0.6%), poverty status (9.4%), region (0%), past 30-day alcohol use (3.6%), past 30-day marijuana use (1.0%), past 30-day any other drug use (0.1%), medical comorbidities (0.5%), internalizing behavior (0%), externalizing behavior (0%), substance use scale (0%), cigarette smoking status (0.3).