Table 2.

Weighted proportions and associations of reasons to use e-cigarette variables and adult e-cigarette user groups in Wave 1 of the PATH Study (2013–2014).

	% (95% CI)	Alternative to cigarettes		Larger social environment
		β (SE)	p-Value	β (SE)	p-Value
E-cigarette user group
Current experimental	51.4 (49.5–53.4)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Former established	9.1 (8.2–10.1)	0.064 (0.013)	< 0.001	−0.014 (0.015)	0.36
Current established	39.5 (37.6–41.4)	0.128 (0.008)	< 0.001	0.063 (0.010)	< 0.001
Past 30 day cigarette use	81.7 (80.2–83.1)	0.011 (0.012)	0.37	−0.007 (0.013)	0.61
Female	45.8 (43.9–47.7)	0.020 (0.008)	0.01	0.016 (0.010)	0.10
Age
18–24	21.9 (20.6–23.4)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
25–34	26.9 (25.3–28.5)	0.045 (0.011)	< 0.001	−0.005 (0.011)	0.65
35–44	18.6 (17.2–20.1)	0.045 (0.013)	0.001	−0.045 (0.013)	0.001
45–54	15.8 (14.5–17.2)	0.046 (0.012)	< 0.001	−0.045 (0.015)	< 0.01
55–64	12.1 (11.0–13.3)	0.054 (0.016)	0.001	−0.013 (0.022)	0.55
65+	4.7 (3.9–5.7)	0.076 (0.021)	< 0.001	−0.037 (0.030)	0.22
Race/ethnicity
White	71.2 (69.5–72.9)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Black	9.6 (8.5–10.8)	0.036 (0.014)	0.01	0.117 (0.019)	< 0.001
Hispanic	12.1 (10.9–13.5)	−0.008 (0.014)	0.56	0.093 (0.014)	< 0.001
Other	7.1 (6.2–8.1)	−0.023 (0.016)	0.17	0.013 (0.020)	0.52
Education
High school/GED or below	47.4 (45.2–49.5)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Some college	40.0 (38.2–41.9)	0.0002 (0.009)	0.97	−0.047 (0.011)	< 0.001
Bachelor’s or advanced	12.6 (11.4–13.9)	−0.005 (0.012)	0.69	−0.034 (0.019)	0.07
Income
< $10,000	19.4 (17.9–21.1)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
$10,000–$24,999	25.6 (24.0–27.2)	0.005 (0.012)	0.70	−0.034 (0.014)	0.02
$25,000–$49,999	25.1 (23.7–26.7)	0.002 (0.014)	0.88	−0.081 (0.017)	< 0.001
$50,000–$99,999	20.0 (18.3–21.8)	−0.008 (0.014)	0.58	−0.098 (0.017)	< 0.001
$100,000+	9.9 (8.9–11.1)	−0.020 (0.018)	0.26	−0.097 (0.019)	< 0.001

Bolded p-values indicate statistical significance at 0.05.