TABLE 1.
Counts and Weighted Proportions of Population Characteristics Among US Youth Reporting No Lifetime Nicotine- and/or Tobacco-Product Use in the PATH Study, 2013–2015
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Internalizing problems | |
| Low | 3958 (51.4) |
| Moderate | 2278 (29.6) |
| High | 1466 (19.0) |
| Externalizing problems | |
| Low | 3045 (39.5) |
| Moderate | 2386 (31.0) |
| High | 2271 (29.5) |
| Sex | |
| Female | 3797 (49.3) |
| Male | 3905 (50.7) |
| Age, y | |
| 12–14 | 5047 (65.5) |
| 15–17 | 2655 (34.5) |
| Race | |
| White alone | 5352 (69.5) |
| African American alone | 1203 (15.6) |
| Othera | 1147 (14.9) |
| Parent education level | |
| Less than high school | 1539 (20.0) |
| High school or equivalent | 1372 (17.8) |
| Some college or associate’s degree | 2409 (31.3) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 1558 (20.2) |
| Advanced degree | 824 (10.7) |
| Past-year marijuana use | |
| No | 7572 (98.3) |
| Yes | 130 (1.7) |
| Past-year alcohol use | |
| No | 7176 (93.0) |
| Yes | 526 (7.0) |
Percentages are weighted by using the wave 2 replicate weights.
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The “other” race category includes participants identifying as American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, other Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Guamanian or Chamorro, Samoan, and other Pacific Islander.