Table 4.
Demographic characteristic by marijuana use
| Marijuana use | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Former | Current | Occasional | P-value | |
| N in millions (% of sample) | 26.34 (38.80) | 13.30 (19.59) | 5.29 (7.79) | 22.96 (33.82) | |
| Unweighted N | 663 | 251 | 108 | 410 | |
| Age, years, mean ± SE | 49.06 ± 0.28 | 50.72 ± 0.54* β | 49.87 ± 0.57* ¥β | 49.48 ± 0.39 | <0.001 |
| Gender, N (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Female | 14.69 (55.78) | 5.04 (37.90) | 2.20 (41.59) | 12.33 (53.71) | |
| Male | 11.64 (44.22) | 8.26 (62.10) | 3.09 (58.41) | 10.63 (46.29) | |
| Race, N (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 14.95 (56.78) | 10.21 (76.77) | 4.14 (78.16) | 18.32 (79.78) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 3.14 (11.91) | 1.40 (10.55) | 0.57 (10.79) | 2.15 (9.36) | |
| Asian | 2.32 (8.82) | 0.09 (0.67) | 0.03(0.59) | 0.42 (1.83) | |
| Mexican American | 3.32 (12.61) | 0.77 (5.79) | 0.21 (3.95) | 0.82 (3.57) | |
| Other Hispanic | 2.00 (7.59) | 0.43 (3.21) | 0.16 (3.03) | 0.58 (2.52) | |
| Other Race | 0.61 (2.30) | 0.40 (3.01) | 0.18 (3.49) | 0.68 (2.95) | |
| Education, N (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Less than 9th grade | 1.45 (5.51) | 0.19 (1.45) | 0.26 (4.89) | 0.20 (0.86) | |
| 9–11th grade | 2.18 (8.29) | 1.34 (10.08) | 0.91 (17.26) | 1.72 (7.48) | |
| High School Graduate/GED or equivalent | 5.68 (21.56) | 3.55 (26.69) | 1.46 (27.63) | 4.31 (18.76) | |
| Some college or AA degree | 7.50 (28.49) | 4.58 (34.43) | 2.01 (38.00) | 6.55 (28.52) | |
| College graduate or above | 9.52 (36.16) | 3.64 (27.35) | 0.65 (12.22) | 10.19 (44.38) | |
| Family PIR, mean ± SE | 3.23 ± 0.11 | 3.25 ± 0.17 | 2.38 ± 0.29* ¥β | 3.53 ± 0.18* | <0.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean ± SE | 30.70 ± 0.58 | 30.12 ± 0.45 | 28.10 ± 0.63* ¥ | 29.44 ± 0.52 | <0.001 |
| Cigarette smoking status, N (%) | <0.001 | ||||
| Never | 21.17 (80.37) | 3.51 (26.37) | 1.13 (21.44) | 11.79 (51.37) | |
| Former | 2.49 (9.47) | 3.99 (30.00) | 0.81 (15.22) | 5.53 (24.10) | |
| Current | 2.67 (10.16) | 5.80 (43.63) | 3.35 (63.34) | 5.63 (24.53) | |
*P < 0.05 difference compared with never smoker; ¥P < 0.05 difference compared with former smoker; ^SE is >30% of estimate; βP < 0.05 difference compared with occasional smoker.