From: Too young for Cannabis? Choice of minimum legal age for legalized non-medical Cannabis in Canada
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
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Age (21–65 years) | Age of first cannabis use < 18 years | Age of first cannabis use 18 years | Age of first cannabis use 19–20 years | Age of first cannabis use 21–24 years | p-value | |
Panel A: CTUMS (2004–2012) | ||||||
Education: | ||||||
Less than secondary | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 | < 0.001 |
(0.28) | (0.29) | (0.24) | (0.23) | (0.25) | ||
Completed secondary | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.31 | < 0.001 |
(0.48) | (0.49) | (0.48) | (0.47) | (0.46) | ||
Completed college | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.006 |
(0.43) | (0.44) | (0.43) | (0.42) | (0.40) | ||
Completed university | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.42 | < 0.001 |
(0.46) | (0.43) | (0.47) | (0.49) | (0.49) | ||
Cigarette smoker | 0.33 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.24 | < 0.001 |
(0.47) | (0.48) | (0.45) | (0.43) | (0.43) | ||
Age | 38.93 | 37.18 | 40.79 | 42.03 | 43.59 | < 0.001 |
(11.52) | (10.73) | (11.71) | (12.45) | (12.38) | ||
Male | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.018 |
(0.49) | (0.49) | (0.49) | (0.49) | (0.50) | ||
Urban | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.724 |
(0.39) | (0.39) | (0.38) | (0.39) | (0.38) | ||
English | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.80 | 0.024 |
(0.43) | (0.43) | (0.43) | (0.43) | (0.40) | ||
N | 37,244 | 23,954 | 5412 | 5416 | 2462 | |
Panel B: CTADS (2013 and 2015) | ||||||
Current cigarette smoker | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.12 | < 0.001 |
(0.43) | (0.45) | (0.42) | (0.39) | (0.33) | ||
General health | 2.84 | 2.82 | 2.83 | 2.80 | 3.00 | 0.144 |
(0.89) | (0.87) | (0.90) | (0.95) | (0.86) | ||
Mental health | 3.09 | 3.09 | 3.00 | 3.21 | 3.07 | 0.072 |
(0.88) | (0.86) | (0.94) | (0.84) | (0.94) | ||
Age | 40.83 | 39.69 | 43.71 | 42.16 | 41.07 | < 0.001 |
(12.49) | (11.79) | (13.55) | (13.29) | (12.56) | ||
Male | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.54 | 0.306 |
(0.49) | (0.49) | (0.49) | (0.49) | (0.50) | ||
Urban | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.708 |
(0.40) | (0.41) | (0.39) | (0.39) | (0.42) | ||
N | 6783 | 3847 | 1057 | 1245 | 634 |