Table 2.

Risk Characteristics Associated with Daily Cannabis Use in Canada

	Daily Cannabis Use			Unadjusted Odds Ratioa		Adjusted Odds Ratioa,b
	N	%	P-Value	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI
Gender
Male	188	6.32	0.0115	1.38	1.10 – 1.73	1.46	1.15—1.85
Female	146	4.82		Reference		Reference
Age
18—29 years	55	7.47	< 0.0001	2.07	1.48 – 2.89	2.36	1.56—3.57
30—39 years	124	7.72		2.14	1.64 – 2.80	2.65	1.93—3.64
40—49 years	49	5.80		1.58	1.11 – 2.23	1.74	1.19—2.54
≥ 50 years	106	3.76		Reference		Reference
Region
Western	51	5.62	0.1080
Prairies	92	6.30
Central	119	4.75
Atlantic	72	6.37
Urbanicity
Urban area	145	5.17	0.4387
Suburban area	130	5.82
Rural area	59	6.10
Marital Status
Married or living with a partner	192	5.11	0.0456	0.73	0.57 – 0.94	0.96	0.71—1.29
Widowed, divorced or separated	40	5.48		0.79	0.54 – 1.15	1.14	0.74—1.77
Never married	99	6.88		Reference		Reference
Size of household
1 person	66	5.37	0.6592
2 people	134	5.34
3 people	67	6.36
≥ 4 people	67	5.61
Ethnicity
White	251	6.02	0.0199	1.37	1.05 – 1.78	1.97	1.47 – 2.64
Non-white	75	4.47		Reference		Reference
Education
Less than college or university completion	131	8.13	< 0.0001	1.81	1.44 – 2.28	1.78	1.39—2.28
At least college or university completion	202	4.65		Reference		Reference
Heavy Episodic Drinking
Yes	151	9.84	< 0.0001	2.42	1.93 – 3.04	2.05	1.62—2.61
No	183	4.11		Reference		Reference
Employment-Related Health Risk
Yes	60	8.04	0.0016	1.59	1.19 – 2.13	1.38	1.01 – 1.88
No	274	5.21		Reference		Reference
Feelings of Loneliness
5—7 Days	59	11.59	< 0.0001	2.77	2.01 – 3.82	1.86	1.26—2.73
3—4 Days	61	7.31		1.67	1.22 – 2.27	1.28	0.91—1.79
1—2 Days	74	4.73		1.05	0.79 – 1.40	0.91	0.67—1.23
< 1 Day	140	4.52		Reference		Reference
Impact of Pandemic on Financial Situation
Very worried	88	7.46	0.0020	2.28	1.40 – 3.71	2.08	1.21—3.58
Somewhat worried	146	5.60		1.68	1.05 – 2.67	1.83	1.11 – 3.01
Not very worried	79	4.93		1.47	0.90 – 2.34	1.68	1.00—2.82
Not at all worried	21	3.41		Reference		Reference
Impact of Pandemic on Employment Situation
Currently working from home	71	4.77	0.0233	0.92	0.69 – 1.23	0.81	0.59—1.12
Currently not working or loss of employment	49	7.35		1.46	1.05 – 2.03	1.01	0.70—1.46
Previously working from home	13	5.06		0.98	0.55 – 1.75	0.77	0.42—1.40
Previously not working or loss of employment	19	7.79		1.55	0.95 – 2.55	0.81	0.46—1.43
Other	26	8.05		1.61	1.05 – 2.48	1.52	0.96—2.42
No Impact	156	5.16		Reference		Reference

Note: Bolded interface denotes p < 0.05

Abbreviations: CI Confidence Interval

^aThe outcome reference category in all logistic regression models is no daily cannabis use

^bThe odds ratios are adjusted for gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, education, heavy episodic drinking, employment-related health risk, feelings of loneliness, impact of the pandemic on employment situation and impact of pandemic on financial situation