Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of those who did not and did initiate e-cigarette use at 12-month follow-up; Youth and Young Adult Panel Study Wave 1 and Wave 5, 2019 (N = 137).

	Did not initiate		Initiated		P-value
	N	% or mean (SD)	N	% or mean (SD)
Total sample	81		56
Gender					.967
Male	35	43.2	24	42.9
Female	46	56.8	32	57.1
Age	81	17.8 (2.38)	56	17.3 (1.61)
Education					.078
Less than or high school	47	58.0	40	71.4
Completed high school	22	27.2	14	25.0
College, university or higher	12	14.8	2	3.57
Race					.419
Non-white	25	30.9	21	37.5
White	56	69.1	35	62.5

Chi-square tests were performed.