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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2020 May 12;55(10):1702–1708. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1756855

Table 1:

Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics

Variables Total Sample Men Women Samoan Marshallese
% n % n % n % n % n
Formal education
  < High school 16 22 18 16 11 6 4 2 23 20
  High school graduate 55 76 53** 46 56 30 45 23 61 53
  College and higher 29 40 25 22 33 18 51** 26 16 14
Marital status
  Single 80 107 84 69 75 38 67 32 88 75
  Married/Living as married 20 26 16 13 25 13 33 16 12 10
E-cigarette use
  Ever use e-cigarettes 53 76 53 47 53 29 71** 37 43 39
  Currently use e-cigarettes 39 55 41 46 35 19 40 21 37 34
Other substance use
  Currently use cigarettes 54 77 63** 55 40 22 62 32 49 45
  Currently use alcohol 79 113 85* 75 69 38 79 41 79 72
  Currently use marijuana 39 56 45 40 29 16 42 22 37 34
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD

E-cigarette expectancies
  Positive expectancies 4.39 2.90 4.56 3.02 4.09 2.68 5.78** 1.71 3.57 3.14
  Popular 3.60 3.35 3.64 3.44 3.53 3.20 5.50** 2.60 2.51 3.25
  Relaxed 5.11 3.36 5.13 3.45 5.08 3.25 6.98** 1.87 4.05 3.56
  Enjoy vaping 4.58 3.38 4.83 3.44 4.15 3.25 5.92** 2.55 3.82 3.56
  Smells good 4.15 3.24 4.44 3.40 3.65 2.90 4.73 2.30 3.82 3.63
  Negative expectancies 4.10 2.89 3.90 3.04 4.46 2.58 6.01** 1.28 3.03 2.99
  Hurts lungs 4.44 3.43 4.13 3.57 5.00 3.13 6.21** 2.17 3.45 3.62
  Awkward 3.59 3.04 3.39 3.11 3.96 2.91 4.81** 2.18 2.90 3.25
  Become addicted 4.59 3.76 4.55 3.85 4.65 3.62 7.19** 2.65 3.12 3.49
  Bad taste 4.35 2.28 3.54 3.25 4.19 3.04 5.69** 1.94 2.69 3.24
**

Significant difference at .01 level between participants by gender or Pacific Islander ethnicity

*

Significant difference at .05 level between participants by gender or Pacific Islander ethnicity