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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants (weighted %, mean, and SD)

From: Associations between simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis and cannabis-related problems in 2014–2016: evidence from the Washington panel survey

 

Panel 1: Sept.-Nov. 2014 (= 60)

Panel 2: March-June 2015 (= 89)

Panel 3: August-Oct. 2015 (= 130)

Panel 4: March-April 2016 (n = 157)

p-value

Sex (%)

    

0.99

    Female

44%

42%

44%

44%

 

    Male

56%

58%

56%

56%

 

Race/ethnicity (%)

    

0.32

    White

78%

76%

79%

77%

 

    Black

10%

13%

6%

4%

 

    Hispanic

3%

3%

5%

11%

 

    Others/Missing

10%

8%

10%

9%

 

Age group (%)

    

0.38

    18-29

32%

42%

40%

37%

 

    30-49

48%

32%

28%

37%

 

    50+

19%

26%

33%

27%

 

Age of onset (%)

    

0.71

    <=17

65%

60%

52%

56%

 

    18-25

28%

32%

39%

33%

 

    >=26

6%

8%

9%

11%

 

Household income (%)

    

0.06

    <50k

68%

73%

60%

60%

 

    50-80k

26%

12%

15%

18%

 

    >80k

6%

15%

25%

22%

 

Education (%)

    

0.29

   High school or less

36%

34%

22%

31%

 

   Some college or more

64%

66%

78%

69%

 

Employment status (%)

    

0.44

   Unemployed

32%

31%

40%

31%

 

   Employed (full- or part-time)

68%

69%

60%

69%

 

Marital status (%)

    

0.53

   Married

41%

44%

45%

52%

 

   Unmarried

59%

56%

55%

48%

 

Have medical cannabis recommendation (%)

    

0.18

    Yes

40%

32%

24%

23%

 

    No

60%

68%

76%

77%

 

Co-use of marijuana and alcohol (%)

    

0.09

    Concurrent user

46%

38%

52%

57%

 

    Simultaneous co-use

54%

62%

48%

43%

 

Marijuana use (%)

    

0.33

    Infrequent

24%

17%

15%

22%

 

    Regular use

40%

30%

45%

37%

 

    Daily/near daily use

36%

53%

40%

41%

 

Time to nearest marijuana outlet (minutes) (mean (SD))

20.1 (20.8)

11.5 (11.9)

9.0 (12.2)

8.2 (17.0)

0.003

Marijuana daily quantity (gram) (mean (SD))

0.3 (0.6)

0.4 (0.6)

0.2 (0.4)

0.3 (0.4)

0.35

Alcohol daily volume (mean (SD))

1.1 (1.4)

1.2 (1.6)

1.2 (1.4)

0.9 (1.0)

0.43