Table 1.
Characteristics of current ENDS users and/or current cigarette smokers
| Characteristics | Male Participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N=918) | Heterosexual (n=836) | Gay (n=51) | Bisexual (n=31) | Gay (n=51) | |
| Age (years) | 0.9033 | ||||
| 18–34 | 423 (46.1) | 387 (46.3) | 22 (43.1) | 14 (45.2) | |
| 35–64 | 495 (53.9) | 449 (53.7) | 29 (56.9) | 17 (54.8) | |
| Race | 0.2349 | ||||
| African American | 249 (27.1) | 235 (28.1) | 8 (15.7) | 6 (19.4) | |
| White | 297 (32.4) | 269 (32.2) | 19 (37.3) | 9 (29.0) | |
| Other | 372 (40.5) | 332 (39.7) | 24 (47.1) | 16 (51.6) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.0345 | ||||
| Hispanic | 476 (51.9) | 425 (50.8) | 28 (54.9) | 23 (74.2) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 442 (48.1) | 411 (49.2) | 23 (45.1) | 8 (25.8) | |
| Education | 0.3246 | ||||
| HS or lower | 254 (27.7) | 237 (28.3) | 10 (19.6) | 7 (22.6) | |
| Above HS | 664 (72.3) | 599 (71.7) | 41 (80.4) | 24 (77.4) | |
| Income (US$) | 0.9470 | ||||
| <50000 | 362 (39.4) | 332 (39.7) | 19 (37.3) | 11 (35.5) | |
| 50000–89999 | 342 (37.3) | 311 (37.2) | 20 (39.2) | 11 (35.5) | |
| ≥90000 | 214 (23.3) | 193 (23.1) | 12 (23.5) | 9 (29.0) | |
| Employment status | 0.4780 | ||||
| Employed | 716 (78.0) | 650 (77.8) | 43 (84.3) | 23 (74.2) | |
| Unemployed | 202 (22.0) | 186 (22.2) | 8 (15.7) | 8 (25.8) | |
| Marital status | 0.0007 | ||||
| Married | 406 (44.2) | 386 (46.2) | 12 (23.5) | 8 (25.8) | |
| Not married | 512 (55.8) | 450 (53.8) | 39 (76.5) | 23 (74.2) | |
| Tobacco-use status | 0.8618 | ||||
| Current smokers only | 212 (23.1) | 190 (22.7) | 14 (27.5) | 8 (25.8) | |
| Current ENDS users only | 417 (45.4) | 380 (45.5) | 24 (47.1) | 13 (41.9) | |
| Current dual users | 289 (31.5) | 266 (31.8) | 13 (25.5) | 10 (32.3) | |
| Characteristics | Female Participants | ||||
| All (N=1169) | Heterosexual (n=945) | Lesbian (n=62) | Bisexual (n=162) | p* | |
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | ||||
| 18–34 | 660 (56.5) | 496 (52.5) | 36 (58.1) | 128 (79.0) | |
| 35–64 | 509 (43.5) | 449 (47.5) | 26 (41.9) | 34 (21.0) | |
| Race | <0.0001 | ||||
| African American | 372 (31.8) | 309 (32.7) | 20 (32.3) | 43 (26.5) | |
| White | 363 (31.1) | 321 (34.0) | 11 (17.7) | 31 (19.1) | |
| Other | 434 (37.1) | 315 (33.3) | 31 (50.0) | 88 (54.3) | |
| Ethnicity | <0.0001 | ||||
| Hispanic | 575 (49.2) | 424 (44.9) | 42 (67.7) | 109 (67.3) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 594 (50.8) | 521 (55.1) | 20 (32.3) | 53 (32.7) | |
| Education | 0.0141 | ||||
| HS or lower | 343 (29.3) | 261 (27.6) | 19 (30.6) | 63 (38.9) | |
| Above HS | 826 (70.7) | 684 (72.4) | 43 (69.4) | 99 (61.1) | |
| Income (US$) | 0.0109 | ||||
| <50000 | 622 (53.2) | 494 (52.3) | 25 (40.3) | 103 (63.6) | |
| 50000–89999 | 373 (31.9) | 303 (32.1) | 25 (40.3) | 45 (27.8) | |
| ≥90000 | 174 (14.9) | 148 (15.7) | 12 (19.4) | 14 (8.6) | |
| Employment status | 0.4063 | ||||
| Employed | 775 (66.3) | 634 (67.1) | 37 (59.7) | 104 (64.2) | |
| Unemployed | 394 (33.7) | 311 (32.9) | 25 (40.3) | 58 (35.8) | |
| Marital status | <0.0001 | ||||
| Married | 373 (31.9) | 333 (35.2) | 9 (14.5) | 31 (19.1) | |
| Not married | 796 (68.1) | 612 (64.8) | 53 (85.5) | 131 (80.9) | |
| Tobacco-use status | 0.0569 | ||||
| Current smokers only | 425 (36.4) | 358 (37.9) | 23 (37.1) | 44 (27.2) | |
| Current ENDS users only | 379 (32.4) | 306 (32.4) | 20 (32.3) | 53 (32.7) | |
| Current dual users | 365 (31.2) | 281 (29.7) | 19 (30.6) | 65 (40.1) | |
Data are expressed in N (%), and percentages (%) are calculated within sexual orientation categories.
*
p-value was based on chi-squared test for all characteristics. HS: High School.