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Table 2 Lifetime, past 30-day, and full youth sample (including non-users) demographics, psychological constructs (sensation-seeking, internalizing, and externalizing), age at first use, and tobacco and cannabis use and co-use prevalence

From: Predictors of cannabis and tobacco co-use in youth: exploring the mediating role of age at first use in the population assessment of tobacco health (PATH) study

 

Lifetime users (n = 3857) M(SE)/frequency (%)

Past 30-day users (n = 1201) M(SE)/frequency (%)

Full youth sample (N = 13,651) M(SE)/frequency (%)

Grade

5.01 (0.03)

4.54 (0.04)

4.23 (0.10)

Female gendera

1174 (45.68%)

570 (47.30%)

6641 (48.70%)

Hispanica

1117 (23.62%)

310 (20.65%)

3880 (22.46%)

Racea

 White

2519 (71.06%)

828 (74.95%)

8824 (70.02%)

 Black

523 (14.69%)

143 (12.43%)

2056 (15.71%)

 Other

633 (14.25%)

183 (12.62%)

2015 (14.27%)

Internalizing

(range 1–4)

2.64 (0.02)

2.74 (0.03)

2.32 (0.01)

Externalizing

(range 1–4)

2.27 (0.02)

2.40 (0.02)

2.00 (0.01)

Sensation seeking

(range 1–15)

7.10 (0.05)

7.66 (0.08)

5.83 (0.03)

Age at first usea

 < 12

361 (10.93%)

95 (9.79%)

363 (10.18%)

 12–14

1444 (44.73%)

505 (54.42%)

1518 (43.52%)

 15–17

1341 (44.34%)

303 (35.80%)

1519 (46.30%)

 Missing

711 (18.43%)

298 (24.81%)

n/a

Single substance usea

2246 (58.12%)

862 (71.74%)

n/a

 Cannabis use

212 (5.38%)

287 (23.07%)

n/a

 Tobacco use

2034 (52.74%)

575 (48.67%)

n/a

Co-usea

1611 (41.88%)

339 (28.26%)

n/a

  1. Data are from the Population Assessment of Tobacco Health (PATH) study. aIndicates frequency (%). Sample sizes are unweighted. Percentages (%) and standard errors (SE) are weighted to represent the US youth population (N =24,791,293). Missing data for predictors and covariates ranged from 0.08–4.72% (unweighted)