Table 1. Demographic Characteristics of the PATH Youth Aged 12-17 Yearsa Who Were Nonsusceptible to Cigarette Use and Never Cigarette Users at Their First Wave of Study Participation, 2013-2016.
| Characteristic | Nonsusceptible to cigarette use at first wave of participation | Never cigarette users at first wave of participation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample No. (n = 11 022) | Estimated national population No. (n = 20 687 132) | Weighted % (SE) | Sample No. (n = 15 776) | Estimated national population No. (n = 29 562 216) | Weighted % (SE) | |
| Wave of entry into study | ||||||
| Wave 1 | 7879 | 14 392 886 | 69.6 (0.31) | 11 769 | 21 448 494 | 72.5 (0.18) |
| Wave 2 | 1595 | 3 139 371 | 15.2 (0.24) | 2021 | 3 984 220 | 13.5 (0.13) |
| Wave 3 | 1548 | 3 154 875 | 15.3 (0.34) | 1986 | 4 129 501 | 14.0 (0.21) |
| Age, weighted mean (SE) | 11 022 | 20 687 132 | 13.5 (0.01) | 15 776 | 29 562 216 | 13.7 (0.01) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Boy | 5655 | 10 544 567 | 51.0 (0.32) | 8081 | 15 056 608 | 51.0 (0.15) |
| Girl | 5356 | 10 116 398 | 49.0 (0.33) | 7686 | 14 484 302 | 49.0 (0.15) |
| Missing value | 11 | 26 167 | NA | 9 | 21 307 | NA |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| Hispanic | 2218 | 3 096 942 | 15.2 (0.20) | 4016 | 5 789 647 | 19.8 (0.13) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1565 | 2 954 460 | 14.5 (0.26) | 2223 | 4 180 658 | 14.3 (0.14) |
| Non-Hispanic otherb | 1162 | 2 372 797 | 11.7 (0.27) | 1595 | 3 221 903 | 11.0 (0.24) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 5873 | 11 908 783 | 58.6 (0.46) | 7798 | 16 104 763 | 55.0 (0.29) |
| Missing values | 204 | 354 150 | NA | 144 | 265 245 | NA |
Abbreviation: NA, not available.
a
Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study data reprinted with permission from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.18 Restricted file received disclosure to publish: February 10, 2020; February 17, 2020; February 28, 2020; March 06, 2020; May 01, 2020; December 16, 2020.
b
Non-Hispanic other indicates non-Hispanic Asian participants, multirace/ethnicity, etc.