Evidence of emerging hookah use among university students: a cross-sectional comparison between hookah and cigarette use

Table 1 Selected demographic characteristics of study participants (N=1203)

Characteristic	N	Weighted%	Unweighted%
Age (y)
18	154	9.3	12.8
19	205	12.5	17.0
20	224	16.4	18.6
21	235	17.7	19.5
22	127	12.5	10.6
23	77	8.5	6.4
24	61	8.1	5.1
25+	120	14.9	10.1
Sex
Male	550	46.4	45.7
Female	653	53.6	54.3
Hispanic
Yes	219	13.0	18.2
No	983	86.9	81.8
Race/Ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	9	1.0	0.7
Asian/Asian American	162	8.2	13.5
Black or African American	185	8.8	15.4
White/Caucasian	649	63.7	53.9
Multiracial	93	7.4	7.7
Other	88	7.2	7.3
Level
Undergraduate	956	64.9	79.5
Graduate or professional	247	35.1	20.5

Weighted% was compared to registrar data and weighted to represent the enrolled college population during the same semester as data collection.
Unweighted% represents the raw percentages of the sample from which data was collected.

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