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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain. 2021 May 13;22(11):1418–1428. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.04.011

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics for sample: overall and by preferred CBD product

Overall
(n=878)
Isolate
(n=235)
Hemp
(n=367)
CBD-Cannabis
(n=180)
No preference
(n=96)
X2 F p
Sex 16.7 0.053
Female 95.0% 93.6% 95.6% 95.6% 94.8%
Male 4.1% 5.1% 4.1% 3.3% 3.1%
Gender non-conforming 0.9% 1.3% 0.3% 1.1% 2.1%
Age 4.2 0.006
Mean (SD) 55.5 (12.4) 55.4 (12.4) 55.7 (12.1) 53.3 (12.2) 58.7 (11.3)
Annual Household Income (US$) 11.7 0.07
Less than $50,000 39.4% 37.9% 37.9% 36.7% 54.2%
$50,001-$99,999 31.8% 31.1% 31.9% 36.1% 25.0%
$100,000+ 22.0% 25.1% 21.8% 22.2% 14.6%
Missing 6.8% 6.0% 8.4% 5.0% 6.3%
Education 20.8 0.01
High school degree, GED, or less 10.7% 7.7% 11.7% 8.3% 18.8%
Associates degree or some college 43.6% 39.1% 44.4% 47.8% 43.8%
Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, AB, BBA) 24.6% 31.1% 24.3% 18.3% 21.9%
Masters, Professional or Doctoral degree 20.6% 22.1% 19.3% 23.9% 15.6%
Missing 0.5% 0.0% 0.3% 1.7% 0.0%
Past-year marijuana use 152.4 <0.001
None 46.7% 66.4% 49.9% 10.6% 54.2%
Recreational only 4.2% 3.8% 4.1% 2.8% 8.3%
Medical only 33.1% 20.9% 32.4% 55.0% 25.0%
Medical and recreational 16.0% 8.9% 13.6% 31.7% 12.5%
Employment Status 23.2 0.33
Unemployed (looking for work) 2.1% 2.1% 1.6% 2.8% 2.1%
Student 0.7% 0.9% 0.5% 1.1% 0.0%
Full time (40+ hours week) 19.7% 22.6% 21.0% 17.2% 12.5%
Part time (<40 hours per week) 7.7% 6.0% 7.9% 10.0% 7.3%
Unemployed (not looking for work) 3.8% 3.0% 4.4% 2.8% 5.2%
Retired 30.0% 29.8% 28.3% 26.1% 43.8%
Self-employed 5.2% 6.8% 6.0% 4.4% 0.0%
Unable to work 30.8% 28.9% 30.0% 35.6% 29.2%
Missing 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
Relationship Status 21.3 0.046
Single (never married) 8.7% 6.4% 8.4% 12.8% 7.3%
Married 62.4% 62.6% 64.9% 59.4% 58.3%
In a domestic partnership 6.3% 3.8% 6.8% 8.9% 5.2%
Divorced 17.2% 19.1% 14.7% 16.1% 24.0%
Widowed 5.1% 8.1% 4.6% 2.8% 4.2%
Missing 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 1.0%
Race/Ethnicity (could select ≥1)
American Indian/Alaska Native 2.3% 1.7% 2.2% 3.9% 1.0%
Asian 1.4% 0.9% 1.4% 1.7% 2.1%
Black or African American 2.8% 2.1% 3.3% 2.2% 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 5.6% 6.4% 4.6% 6.7% 5.2%
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.0% 0.5% 0.6% 0.0%
White/Caucasian 89.9% 91.5% 90.2% 88.9% 86.5%
Other 1.8% 1.7% 1.9% 1.1% 3.1%
Missing 0.5% 0.0% 0.5% 0.6% 1.0%
Legal Cannabis 42.0 <0.001
Yes 75.0% 72.3% 69.2% 93.9% 68.8%
No 24.4% 27.7% 29.7% 6.1% 30.2%
Missing 0.6% 0% 1.1% 0% 1.0%
CMSI 2.2 0.08
Mean (SD) 21.1 (7.8) 20.5 (7.5) 21.0 (7.8) 22.4 (7.6) 20.8 (8.9)
FM Score 1.6 0.18
Mean (SD) 18.7 (5.7) 18.1 (5.6) 18.8 (5.6) 19.3 (5.6) 18.7 (6.2)

Legal cannabis designates living in a place with legal recreational or medical cannabis. Marijuana was defined as cannabis with little or no CBD. Access to legal cannabis and past-year cannabis use were strongly associated with CBD product preferences. CMSI: Complex multi-symptom inventory. FM Score: 2011 FM survey criteria score. SD: Standard deviation.