Table 2.
Descriptive Individual-level Characteristics (N=2,345)
| Characteristics | Past-year Nonusers |
Past-year Users |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Past-year Nonusers (N=1,186) | By Former Use |
All Past-year Users (N=1,159) | By Reason of Use |
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| Never Users (N=625) | Former Users (N=561) | Between-group Test P Value | Primarily Used for Recreational Reasons Only (N=459) | Primarily Used for Medical Reason Only (N=282) | Used for Both Recreational and Medical Reasons (N=418) | Between-group Test P Value | |||
| Gender | .33 | <.001 | |||||||
| Male | 32.04% | 33.28% | 30.66% | 31.49% | 37.91% | 31.56% | 24.40% | ||
| Female | 67.96% | 66.72% | 69.34% | 68.51% | 62.09% | 68.44% | 75.60% | ||
| Age | <.001 | .004 | |||||||
| 21–29 | 15.50% | 18.08% | 12.83% | 34.43% | 37.25% | 28.01% | 35.65% | ||
| 30–44 | 26.90% | 28.96% | 24.60% | 37.01% | 35.73% | 35.46% | 39.47% | ||
| 45–59 | 22.93% | 18.08% | 28.34% | 17.00% | 14.81% | 20.57% | 16.99% | ||
| 60+ | 34.57% | 34.88% | 34.22% | 11.56% | 12.20% | 15.96% | 7.89% | ||
| Race/ethnicity | .029 | .40 | |||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 79.68% | 77.12% | 82.53% | 74.46% | 72.98% | 75.53% | 75.36% | ||
| Hispanic | 8.01% | 8.00% | 8.02% | 12.51% | 12.64% | 10.28% | 13.88% | ||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 2.28% | 2.40% | 2.14% | 5.35% | 5.66% | 4.96% | 5.26% | ||
| Non-Hispanic other minority | 10.03% | 12.48% | 7.31% | 7.68% | 8.71% | 9.22% | 5.50% | ||
| Education | .40 | .17 | |||||||
| High school or less | 15.35% | 15.20% | 15.51% | 20.79% | 19.17% | 21.99% | 21.77% | ||
| Some college | 24.37% | 22.88% | 26.02% | 31.49% | 29.41% | 29.79% | 34.93% | ||
| College degree or more | 60.29% | 61.92% | 58.47% | 47.71% | 51.42% | 48.23% | 43.30% | ||
| Household income | .005 | .039 | |||||||
| <$25,000 | 14.59% | 15.68% | 13.37% | 21.14% | 16.78% | 21.63% | 25.60% | ||
| $25,000-$50,000 | 19.22% | 15.84% | 22.99% | 24.42% | 23.75% | 23.05% | 26.08% | ||
| $50,000–75,000 | 22.34% | 24.00% | 20.50% | 20.28% | 21.13% | 19.50% | 19.86% | ||
| >$75,000 | 35.83% | 34.88% | 36.90% | 30.63% | 34.86% | 31.91% | 25.12% | ||
| Did not answer | 8.01% | 9.60% | 6.24% | 3.54% | 3.49% | 3.90% | 3.35% | ||
| Ever used cannabis in lifetime | NA | NA | |||||||
| Yes | 47.30% | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | ||
| No | 52.70% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Past-month regular cannabis use | NA | <.001 | |||||||
| Yes | NA | NA | NA | 30.37% | 16.12% | 26.95% | 48.33% | ||
| No | NA | NA | NA | 69.63% | 83.88% | 73.05% | 51.67% | ||
| Past-year cannabis users by reason of use | NA | NA | |||||||
| Recreational users | NA | NA | NA | 39.60% | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Medical users | NA | NA | NA | 24.33% | 0% | 100% | 0% | ||
| Dual users | NA | NA | NA | 36.07% | 0% | 0% | 100% | ||
| Knowledge about cannabis | <.001 | <.001 | |||||||
| Moderate to High | 45.70% | 37.76% | 54.55% | 78.34% | 71.02% | 79.79% | 85.41% | ||
| Low | 54.30% | 62.24% | 45.45% | 21.66% | 28.98% | 20.21% | 14.59% | ||
| Past-month smoking | <.001 | <.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 11.13% | 4.32% | 18.72% | 29.94% | 25.71% | 25.53% | 37.56% | ||
| No | 88.87% | 95.68% | 81.28% | 70.06% | 74.29% | 74.47% | 62.44% | ||
| Past-month binge drinking | <.001 | <.001 | |||||||
| Yes | 14.17% | 8.48% | 20.50% | 35.38% | 40.96% | 19.50% | 39.95% | ||
| No | 85.83% | 91.52% | 79.50% | 64.62% | 59.04% | 80.50% | 60.05% | ||
| State of residence | .45 | .10 | |||||||
| California | 18.55% | 20.64% | 16.22% | 19.84% | 17.86% | 24.47% | 18.90% | ||
| Colorado | 16.61% | 16.16% | 17.11% | 17.52% | 17.21% | 15.25% | 19.38% | ||
| Massachusetts | 20.24% | 20.16% | 20.32% | 14.84% | 18.30% | 13.12% | 12.20% | ||
| Nevada | 9.78% | 8.80% | 10.87% | 13.72% | 14.38% | 12.06% | 14.11% | ||
| Oregon | 16.53% | 16.32% | 16.76% | 17.17% | 14.81% | 19.50% | 18.18% | ||
| Washington | 18.30% | 17.92% | 18.72% | 16.91% | 17.43% | 15.60% | 17.22% | ||