Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Oregon 8th and 11th grade students who responded to cannabis questions on the Oregon Healthy Teens survey, 2016–2017
| 8th grade students N=13,224 |
11th grade students N=10,930 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual student characteristics | Unweighted count | Weighted % | Unweighted count | Weighted % |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 6,111 | 45.9% | 4,945 | 45.4% |
| Female | 6,389 | 49.0% | 5,340 | 49.0% |
| Non binary/gender nonconforming | 665 | 5.1% | 613 | 5.7% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non Latinx (NL) American Indian/Alaska Native | 493 | 3.6% | 224 | 2.2% |
| NL Asian | 517 | 4.1% | 412 | 3.7% |
| NL Black/African American | 280 | 2.2% | 216 | 2.1% |
| NL Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 121 | 0.9% | 92 | 0.9% |
| Latinx | 3,161 | 27.4% | 2,416 | 24.3% |
| NL Multiracial | 520 | 4.1% | 338 | 3.1% |
| NL White | 7,645 | 57.8% | 6,938 | 63.6% |
| Socio-economic status (Family Affluence Scale) | ||||
| 1: Least affluence | 1,305 | 10.6% | 990 | 9.8% |
| 2 | 4,047 | 32.4% | 3,722 | 35.0% |
| 3: Most affluence | 7,511 | 56.9% | 6,051 | 55.2% |
| Adult use cannabis at home | 2,252 | 17.6% | 2,041 | 19.7% |
| Urban school district | 9,626 | 77.6% | 7,516 | 76.7% |
| Student characteristics within School Districts | median | 25th – 75th percentile | median | 25th – 75th percentile |
| % of non-Latinx white students | 64% | (51%-77%) | 66% | (54%-78%) |
| % of students enrolled in free and reduced meals programs | 53% | (42%-66%) | 45% | (38%-55%) |
Note: Table 1 describes the student sample in the OHT 2016–2017 survey and uses state-level weights to report statewide prevalance estimates of each socio-demographic factor.