Table 1.
Descriptive statistics for study variables among baseline never cannabis users.
| Weighted % | 95% CI | Unweighted n |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Wave 4.5 outcome variables | |||
| Past-12-month cannabis vaping | |||
| Yes | 5.3 | 4.8 – 5.7 | 523 |
| No | 94.7 | 94.3 – 95.2 | 9,153 |
| Past-12-month blunting | |||
| Yes | 3.2 | 2.8 – 3.6 | 320 |
| No | 96.8 | 96.4 – 97.2 | 9,355 |
| Past-12-month smoking cannabis with Hookah | |||
| Yes | 0.6 | 0.4 – 0.8 | 57 |
| No | 99.4 | 99.2 – 99.6 | 9,626 |
| Past-12-month any cannabis use | |||
| Yes | 8.2 | 7.6 – 8.8 | 810 |
| No | 91.8 | 91.2 – 92.4 | 8,859 |
| Past-30-day any cannabis use | |||
| Yes | 3.3 | 3.0 – 3.7 | 328 |
| No | 96.7 | 96.3 – 97.0 | 9,363 |
| Wave 4 baseline variables | |||
| Past-30-day e-cigarette use | |||
| Yes | 1.2 | 1.0 – 1.4 | 110 |
| No | 98.8 | 98.6 – 99.0 | 9,551 |
| Past-30-day use of other tobacco* | |||
| Yes | 1.0 | 0.8 – 1.2 | 91 |
| No | 99.0 | 98.8 – 99.2 | 9,495 |
| Past-30-day alcohol use | |||
| Yes | 4.7 | 4.2 – 5.2 | 440 |
| No | 95.3 | 94.8 – 95.8 | 9,245 |
| Past-30-day misuse of prescription drugs | |||
| Yes | 2.8 | 2.5 – 3.1 | 284 |
| No | 97.2 | 96.9 – 97.5 | 9,408 |
| Past-30-day use of other illicit drugs | |||
| Yes | 0.1 | 0.0 – 0.2 | 7 |
| No | 99.9 | 99.8 – 100.0 | 9,684 |
| Perception of harmfulness of e-cigarette | |||
| No harm | 1.6 | 1.3 – 1.9 | 151 |
| Little harm | 9.2 | 8.6 – 9.9 | 886 |
| Some harm | 29.9 | 29.0 – 30.9 | 2,874 |
| A lot of harm | 59.3 | 58.2 – 60.3 | 5,709 |
| Age in years | |||
| 12 | 22.8 | 21.9 – 23.7 | 2,019 |
| 13 | 22.0 | 21.1 – 22.9 | 2,191 |
| 14 | 20.8 | 19.9 – 21.6 | 2,109 |
| 15 | 18.3 | 17.5 – 19.1 | 1,799 |
| 16 | 16.2 | 15.4 – 17.0 | 1,574 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 50.9 | 49.9 – 52.0 | 5,030 |
| Female | 49.1 | 48.0 – 50.1 | 4,662 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 53.2 | 52.2 – 54.3 | 4,571 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 13.0 | 12.3 – 13.7 | 1,277 |
| Hispanic | 23.4 | 22.6 – 24.2 | 2,896 |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 10.4 | 9.7 – 11.1 | 948 |
| Parental education | |||
| Less than high school | 15.1 | 14.4 – 15.8 | 1,732 |
| High school graduate | 16.7 | 16.0 – 17.6 | 1,710 |
| Some college or associate degree | 30.5 | 29.5 – 31.4 | 2,979 |
| Bachelor’s degree or above | 37.7 | 36.7 – 38.8 | 3,193 |
| Severity of internalizing mental health problems | |||
| Low | 51.4 | 50.3 – 52.5 | 4,975 |
| Moderate | 28.6 | 27.6 – 29.5 | 2,676 |
| High | 20.1 | 19.2 – 20.9 | 1,943 |
| Severity of externalizing mental health problems | |||
| Low | 40.9 | 39.8 – 42.0 | 3,998 |
| Moderate | 29.7 | 28.7 – 30.7 | 2,749 |
| High | 29.4 | 28.4 – 30.4 | 2,786 |
| State-level recreational cannabis legalization | |||
| Yes | 20.1 | 19.2 – 20.9 | 2,038 |
| No | 79.9 | 79.1 – 80.8 | 7,654 |
*
Other tobacco included cigarette, cigar/cigarillo, pipe, hookah, smokeless tobacco (including snus and dissolvable products), bidi, and kretek.