Table 1.
Characteristics of 18- to 24-Year-Old W1 (September 2013–December 2014) and W2 (October 2014–October 2015) PATH Study Participants, Overall and Stratified by W1 Smoking Status, United States
| Overall | W1 never-smoker | W1 ever-smoker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted (%) | N | Weighted (%) | N | Weighted (%) | N | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Female | 49.8 | 3696 | 54.8 | 1464 | 45.4 | 2232 |
| Male | 50.2 | 3629 | 45.2 | 1120 | 54.6 | 2506 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 55.0 | 3742 | 51.3 | 1196 | 58.2 | 2546 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 13.3 | 1159 | 15.8 | 520 | 11.1 | 638 |
| Hispanic | 20.7 | 1734 | 19.5 | 609 | 21.7 | 1124 |
| Other non-Hispanic | 11.1 | 690 | 13.4 | 259 | 9.0 | 430 |
| Income | ||||||
| <$10 000 | 25.6 | 2067 | 23.9 | 670 | 27.0 | 1395 |
| $10 000–24-999 | 21.5 | 1682 | 18.4 | 486 | 24.2 | 1195 |
| $25 000–$49 999 | 17.0 | 1222 | 17.2 | 441 | 16.8 | 781 |
| $50 000–$99 999 | 14.2 | 944 | 15.1 | 368 | 13.4 | 576 |
| >$100 000 | 9.6 | 587 | 10.6 | 245 | 8.7 | 342 |
| Missing | 12.2 | 823 | 14.8 | 374 | 9.9 | 449 |
| Education | ||||||
| Less than high school | 10.9 | 941 | 9.5 | 286 | 12.1 | 653 |
| General Education Development or High school degree | 32.4 | 2643 | 31.8 | 889 | 33.0 | 1753 |
| Some college or associate’s degree | 43.0 | 2960 | 43.1 | 1085 | 42.9 | 1875 |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 13.1 | 744 | 14.9 | 308 | 11.6 | 436 |
| Missing | 0.5 | 37 | 0.6 | 16 | 0.4 | 21 |
| Time spent with a smoker in past 7 days | ||||||
| None | 35.8 | 2188 | 52.2 | 1287 | 21.3 | 901 |
| Any time | 63.5 | 5078 | 47.4 | 1286 | 77.6 | 3789 |
| Missing | 0.7 | 59 | 0.4 | 11 | 1.0 | 48 |
| Lives with a smoker | ||||||
| No | 68.3 | 4644 | 80.4 | 2048 | 57.6 | 2594 |
| Yes | 31.5 | 2658 | 19.5 | 530 | 42.1 | 2127 |
| Missing | 0.2 | 23 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.3 | 17 |
| W1 smoking status | ||||||
| Never-smoker | 46.9 | 2584 | 100[-] | 2584 | — | 0 |
| Ever, non-Marlboro, Camel or Newport | 35.9 | 3035 | — | 0 | 67.5 | 3035 |
| Ever, Marlboro preference | 9.3 | 882 | — | 0 | 17.5 | 882 |
| Ever, Camel preference | 3.9 | 374 | — | 0 | 7.2 | 374 |
| Ever, Newport preference | 4.1 | 447 | — | 0 | 7.8 | 447 |
| Missing | 0.0 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| W2 smoking status | ||||||
| Never | 43.6 | 2359 | 93.0 | 2359 | — | 0 |
| Ever, non-Marlboro, Camel, or Newport | 39.1 | 3251 | 6.2 | 200 | 68.2 | 3049 |
| Ever, Marlboro preference | 8.1 | 763 | 0.5 | 12 | 14.8 | 751 |
| Ever, Camel preference | 4.9 | 471 | 0.1 | 6 | 9.1 | 465 |
| Ever, Newport preference | 4.3 | 480 | 0.2 | 7 | 8.0 | 473 |
| Missing | 0.0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| Marlboro exposure and receptivity | ||||||
| No exposure or receptivity | 72.2 | 5065 | 81.6 | 2093 | 64.0 | 2971 |
| Exposed | 13.6 | 1076 | 12.0 | 340 | 15.1 | 735 |
| Receptive | 13.7 | 1154 | 6.1 | 140 | 20.5 | 1013 |
| Missing | 0.5 | 30 | 0.4 | 11 | 0.5 | 19 |
| Camel exposure and receptivity | ||||||
| No exposure or receptivity | 72.4 | 5075 | 80.1 | 2049 | 65.6 | 3025 |
| Exposed | 16.0 | 1269 | 13.6 | 371 | 18.2 | 897 |
| Receptive | 11.2 | 956 | 5.9 | 152 | 15.9 | 803 |
| Missing | 0.4 | 25 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.3 | 13 |
| Newport exposure and receptivity | ||||||
| No exposure or receptivity | 77.3 | 5351 | 83.5 | 2093 | 71.8 | 3256 |
| Exposed | 14.1 | 1155 | 13.2 | 399 | 15.0 | 756 |
| Receptive | 8.3 | 801 | 3.0 | 85 | 13.0 | 715 |
| Missing | 0.3 | 18 | 0.3 | 7 | 0.3 | 11 |
Weighted prevalences in italics indicate cell sizes <50. The PATH User Guide notes that estimates for cell sizes below 50 may be statistically unreliable. — indicates that no participants are in the cell.