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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2021 Dec 24;155:106930. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106930

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.

N Weighted % SE
All 3,865 100.0 0.0

Age Group
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 123 2.7 0.4
Unreadable or Nonconforming Numeric Response 4 0.1 0.0
18–34 484 25.5 1.0
35–49 703 24.8 1.1
50–64 1,142 26.9 0.9
65–74 869 11.6 0.2
75+ 540 8.4 0.1

Sex on Birth Certificate
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 100 2.2 0.4
Male 1,561 47.6 0.3
Female 2,204 50.2 0.2

Race/Ethnicity
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 375 7.3 0.7
Non-Hispanic White 2,133 58.7 0.6
Non-Hispanic Black or African American 481 10.3 0.3
Hispanic 596 15.7 0.1
Non-Hispanic Asian 161 4.8 0.3
Non-Hispanic Other 119 3.1 0.2

Income (Imputed)
Missing 18 0.7 0.3
<$35,000 1,255 28.1 1.1
$35,000-$49,999 516 12.4 0.9
$50,000-$74,999 649 17.8 1.4
$75,000+ 1,427 41.1 1.4

Education
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 143 2.8 0.5
Less Than High School 273 7.8 0.8
High School Graduate 705 21.9 0.9
Some College 1,081 38.1 0.9
College Graduate or More 1,663 29.4 0.1

Sexual Orientation
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 239 4.9 0.5
Multiple Responses Selected in Error 2 0.1 0.1
Heterosexual or Straight 3,402 88.4 0.8
Homosexual, Gay, or Lesbian 81 2.5 0.5
Bisexual 82 2.6 0.5
Other 59 1.6 0.3

Marital Status
Missing 144 3.0 0.5
Married 1,806 49.1 0.5
Not Married 1,915 47.9 0.4

Smoking Status
Missing Data (Not Ascertained) 17 0.5 0.2
Missing Data (Filter Missing) 55 1.2 0.2
Current 436 13.6 1.1
Former 935 22.6 1.1
Never 2,422 62.1 1.2

E-cigarette Use Status
Missing 55 1.5 0.3
Current 114 6.3 0.9
Former 382 12.5 1.1
Never 3,314 79.7 1.4

Geography
Urban 3,435 87.8 0.7
Rural 430 12.2 0.7

Any Children Under Age 18 in Household
Missing 310 6.0 0.7
No 2,676 61.8 1.3
Yes 879 32.2 1.5

Political Viewpoint
Missing 384 8.4 0.8
Liberal 1,058 27.0 1.0
Moderate 1,200 33.9 1.4
Conservative 1,223 30.7 1.2

Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) 5 Cycle 4. 2020. Bethesda, MD, USA.

Frequencies, weighted proportions, and standard errors.