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. 2021 Dec 21;7(12):e27183. doi: 10.2196/27183

Table 1.

Study sample characteristics among Twitter users and other social media users.

Characteristics Twitter users Other social media users

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, %

High/secondary school or below 25.2 34.5 34.3 46.8

Some college/further education college 40.5 36.6 37.7 36.0

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)