Table 1.
Study sample characteristics among Twitter users and other social media users.
| Characteristics | Twitter users | Other social media users | |||
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United States (n=449) | United Kingdom (n=525) | United Kingdom (n=676) | United Kingdom (n=611) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 47.7 (13.2) | 40.2 (13.4) | 50.7 (13.8) | 45.3 (14.5) | |
| Females, % | 51.0 | 43.1 | 51.9 | 46.0 | |
| Non-White, % | 32.3 | 6.9 | 28.0 | 6.9 | |
| Education, % | |||||
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High/secondary school or below | 25.2 | 34.5 | 34.3 | 46.8 |
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Some college/further education college | 40.5 | 36.6 | 37.7 | 36.0 |
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College/university degree or higher | 34.3 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 17.2 |
| Never vaped/used an e-cigarette, % | 47.7 | 43.2 | 48.8 | 46.8 | |
| Social media use, mean (SD; rangea) | 2.6 (1.7; 0-8) | 3.0 (1.8; 0-8) | 1.4 (1.1; 0-7) | 1.7 (1.3; 0-7) | |
| Daily internet use, mean (SD; range) | 7.2 (4.8; 0-24) | 6.1 (4.1; 0-24) | 6.3 (4.4; 0-24) | 5.3 (3.6; 0-24) | |