Table 2.
Sample Descriptives for U.S. 12th Grade Lifetime Marijuana Users, 2015–2019
| % or Mean |
(SE) |
% or Mean |
(SE) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent marijuana usea (%) | Weekly work during school year (%) | ||||
| No | 86.3 | (0.39) | No hours | 32.2 | (0.70) |
| Yes | 13.7 | (0.39) | Any hours | 67.8 | (0.70) |
| Sex (%) | Weekly income from job/other sourcesb (mean) | ||||
| Female | 50.5 | (0.59) | In $10s | 10.5 | (0.12) |
| Male | 49.5 | (0.59) | Evenings out during week (%) | ||
| Race/ethnicity (%) | 0 to 2 | 56.5 | (0.55) | ||
| White | 52.6 | (1.73) | 3 or more | 43.5 | (0.55) |
| Black | 12.1 | (0.95) | Past 4-week truancy (%) | ||
| Hispanic | 21.2 | (1.65) | No skipping | 59.4 | (0.86) |
| Other | 14.1 | (0.57) | Any skipping | 40.6 | (0.86) |
| Average parental education (%) | Perceive great risk in regular marijuana use (%) | ||||
| No college completion | 51.2 | (1.15) | No | 83.8 | (0.37) |
| 1+ parent(s) completed college | 48.8 | (1.15) | Yes | 16.2 | (0.37) |
| Number of parents in household (%) | Population density (%) | ||||
| Fewer than two | 40.2 | (0.75) | Large MSA | 34.0 | (2.69) |
| Two | 59.8 | (0.75) | Other MSA | 46.7 | (2.64) |
| Religious commitment (%) | Non-MSA | 19.3 | (1.05) | ||
| Low | 53.4 | (0.80) | Region (%) | ||
| Medium | 27.8 | (0.46) | Northeast | 16.4 | (1.22) |
| High | 18.8 | (0.53) | Midwest | 21.8 | (1.28) |
| 4-Year college plans (%) | South | 40.1 | (1.69) | ||
| Other | 46.1 | (0.83) | West | 21.6 | (1.50) |
| Definitely plan to graduate | 53.9 | (0.83) | Legalization statec (%) | ||
| Average grades (%) | No | 70.1 | (1.89) | ||
| Less than B | 31.8 | (0.68) | Yes | 29.9 | (1.89) |
| B or higher | 68.2 | (0.68) | |||
Notes: N (unweighted) = 28,188.
a
Defined as use on 20+ occasions in the past 30 days.
b
Range=$0 to $37.3 (given that this is reported in increments of $10, actual range is $0–$373).
c
Defined as states with policy legalizing recreational marijuana use for individuals age 21 as of August 2019. Includes the following states: CA, CO, DC, IL, MA, ME, MI, NV, OR, VT, WA (because the MTF survey is not administered in Alaska, it is not included in this list).