Table 1.
Weighted Descriptive Statistics for all 8th, 10th, and 12th Graders in 30-Day Smoking Participation, First Cigarette Initiation, and Daily Smoking Initiation Samples, Monitoring the Future, 2014–2019. Results Shown are Using Imputed Data (m = 10).
| Sample of 30-Day Smoking Participation |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 |
Grade 10 |
Grade 12 |
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| Variables | Wt. % | Wt. % | Wt. % |
| 100% T21 Coverage | 12.0% | 13.1% | 11.3% |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 50.8% | 50.4% | 51.3% |
| Male | 49.2% | 49.6% | 48.7% |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 44.1% | 50.5% | 51.6% |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13.0% | 13.0% | 12.7% |
| Hispanic | 23.6% | 18.8% | 20.0% |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 4.8% | 4.8% | 4.2% |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 14.6% | 12.9% | 11.5% |
| Education, Parents’ Highest | |||
| Less than High School | 10.7% | 9.6% | 11.2% |
| High School | 18.0% | 16.8% | 18.8% |
| Some College | 14.7% | 16.2% | 19.5% |
| College or Greater | 56.6% | 57.4% | 50.5% |
| College Plans (Grade 12) | |||
| No, Probably/Definitely | 19.1% | ||
| Yes, Probably | 24.1% | ||
| Yes, Definitely | 56.8% | ||
| Living Arrangement | |||
| Neither Mother or Father in Household | 4.2% | 4.5% | 6.7% |
| Lives with Father | 3.9% | 4.1% | 5.3% |
| Lives with Mother | 18.6% | 18.8% | 23.8% |
| Lives with Father and Mother | 73.3% | 72.5% | 64.2% |
| Employment, Mother’s Current (Grade 8/10) | |||
| Not Employed | 20.7% | 20.7% | |
| Part Time | 18.6% | 15.7% | |
| Full Time | 60.7% | 63.6% | |
| Employment, Mother’s Current (Grade 12) | |||
| None | 14.2% | ||
| Sometimes | 18.7% | ||
| Most of Time | 17.9% | ||
| All the Time | 49.2% | ||
| High School Program | |||
| College Prep. | 34.1% | 43.3% | 48.8% |
| General | 17.0% | 25.2% | 35.2% |
| Vocational/Technical | 4.9% | 4.0% | 3.9% |
| Other/Don’t Know | 44.0% | 27.5% | 12.1% |
| Census Region | |||
| Northeast | 16.8% | 18.4% | 16.9% |
| Midwest | 21.2% | 22.7% | 21.5% |
| South | 38.7% | 35.8% | 39.8% |
| West | 23.3% | 23.1% | 21.8% |
| Smoking Participation in Past 30-Days | |||
| No | 97.2% | 94.1% | 89.2% |
| Yes | 2.8% | 5.9% | 10.8% |
| State Federal Tax (mean $ (SE), range) | 2.7 (1.1), 1.1–5.5 | 2.7 (1.1), 1.1–5.5 | 2.7 (1.1), 1.1–5.5 |
| Workplace Smoke-free Laws Coverage (mean % (SE), range) | 70.4 (41.6), 0–100 | 69.4 (43.5), 0–100 | 69.3 (42.2), 0–100 |
| Hospitality Smoke-free Laws Coverage (mean % (SE), range) | 78.6 (37.3), 0–100 | 78.6 (38.8), 0–100 | 75.1 (40.1), 0–100 |
| State Poverty (mean % (SE), range) | 14.3 (5.3), 3.4–46.4 | 14.0 (4.6), 4.4–37.5 | 14.7 (5.6), 4.0–53.3 |
| State % Black (mean % (SE), range) | 12.5 (12.9), 0–73.1 | 12.4 (12.2), 0.1–59.0 | 13.1 (12.8), 0–74.2 |
| State % Hispanic (mean % (SE), range) | 18.3 (17.1), 0.2–68.5 | 17.4 (16.0), 0–81.3 | 18.2 (17.5), 0.1–68.5 |
| State % college grad (age 25 + ) (mean % (SE), range) | 30.8 (10.7), 8.6–61.6 | 30.6 (10.5), 5.1–72.9 | 29.6 (10.3), 7.8–62.1 |
| State-level Prevalence of Adult E-cigarette Use (mean % (SE), range) | 2.3 (0.63), 1.3–4.9 | 2.3 (0.61), 1.3–4.5 | 2.3 (0.68), 1.3–4.9 |
| Unweighted N | 92,922 | 88,628 | 81,082 |