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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics and Past 30-day Tobacco Use in Men (n = 1207) and Women (n = 2179)

From: Sex and sexual orientation in relation to tobacco use among young adult college students in the US: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Total sample M

Men

Women

(SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

M (SD) or N (%)

N = 3386

N = 1207

N = 2179

Sexual orientation (%)a

 Homosexual

109 (3.2)

51 (4.2)

58 (2.7)

 Bisexual

129 (3.8)

31 (2.6)

98 (4.5)

 Heterosexual

3120 (92.1)

1116 (92.5)

2004 (92.0)

Age (SD)

20.55 (1.97)

20.56 (2.03)

20.54 (1.93)

Race (%)b

 Black

827 (24.4)

156 (12.9)

671 (30.8)

 White

2110 (62.3)

842 (69.8)

1268 (58.2)

 Other

409 (12.1)

195 (16.2)

214 (9.8)

Ethnicity (%)c

 Non-Hispanic

3110 (91.8)

1113 (92.2)

1997 (91.6)

 Hispanic

252 (7.4)

88 (7.3)

164 (7.5)

School type (%)

 Public university

924 (27.3)

411 (34.1)

513 (23.5)

 Private college/university

1309 (38.7)

574 (47.6)

735 (33.7)

 HBCU

410 (12.1)

49 (4.1)

361 (16.6)

 Technical college

743 (21.9)

173 (14.3)

570 (26.2)

Parental education (%)d

 <Bachelor’s degree

1625 (48.0)

438 (36.3)

1187 (54.5)

 ≥Bachelor’s degree

1717 (50.7)

753 (62.4)

964 (44.2)

 Cigarettes (%)

450 (13.3)

224 (18.6)

226 (10.4)

 vs. No

2936 (86.7)

983 (81.4)

1953 (89.6)

 LCC (%)

379 (11.2)

149 (12.3)

230 (10.6)

 vs. No

3007 (88.8)

1058 (87.7)

1949 (89.4)

 E-cigarettes (%)

368 (10.9)

203 (16.8)

165 (7.6)

 vs. No

3018 (89.1)

1004 (83.2)

2014 (92.4)

 Hookah (%)

413 (12.2)

177 (14.7)

236 (10.8)

 vs. No

2973 (87.8)

1030 (85.3)

1943 (89.2)

 Any tobacco product used (%)

970 (28.7)

419 (34.7)

551 (25.3)

 vs. No

2416 (71.3)

788 (65.3)

1628 (74.7)

Number of tobacco products used (SD)

0.48 (0.87)

0.62 (1.01)

0.39 (0.78)

  1. *Participants indicated “Don’t know” and “refused to answer”: a 0.8 (n = 28); b 1.2% (n = 40); c 0.7% (n = 24); d 1.3% (n = 44)