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Table 2 Demographic correlates of awareness of the Master Settlement Agreement and cigarette industry practices, electronic cigarette industry perceptions, and electronic cigarette health risk perceptions (N = 1,329)

From: U.S. young adults’ awareness of the Master Settlement Agreement and cigarette industry practices and their associations with electronic cigarette industry and health risk perceptions

Demographic variables

Awareness of the Master Settlement Agreement

Awareness of cigarette industry practices

Electronic cigarette industry perceptions

Electronic cigarette health risk perceptions

Heard, knowa

Heard, don’t knowa

AOR

95% CI

AOR

95% CI

B

95% CI

B

95% CI

B

95% CI

Age

1.11

1.05,1.17

1.02

0.97,1.07

-0.01

-0.06,0.05

-0.01

-0.02,0.01

-0.00

-0.02,0.01

Race and ethnicity

 Hispanic

0.29

0.17,0.51

0.41

0.25,0.66

-0.55

-1.08,-0.18

0.09

-0.02,0.20

0.03

-0.02,0.15

 Black

0.27

0.16,0.46

0.45

0.29,0.70

-1.11

-1.61,-0.61

0.17

0.06,0.27

-0.05

-0.17,0.07

 White

REF

REF

REF

REF

REF

 Other race

0.49

0.27,0.89

0.63

0.36,1.11

-0.28

-0.90,0.32

0.06

-0.06,0.19

0.06

-0.09,0.20

Gender

 Men

2.95

2.12,4.10

2.22

1.62,3.05

0.00

-0.34,0.34

0.07

-0.00, 0.14

-0.02

-0.10,0.06

 Women

REF

REF

REF

REF

REF

Educational attainment

 ≤ high school/GED

3.64

2.40,5.54

1.64

1.09,2.49

-0.99

-0.86,-0.01

0.02

-0.07,0.10

0.02

-0.08,0.12

 Some college

1.63

1.08,2.45

1.57

1.05,2.35

-0.44

-0.34,0.34

-0.06

-0.14,0.03

0.14

0.04,0.24

 ≥ college degree

REF

REF

REF

REF

REF

Annual household income

 < $35,000

0.06

0.04,0.11

0.49

0.31,0.78

-0.87

-1.36,0.39

0.42

0.32,0.52

-0.48

-0.60,-0.37

 ≥ $35,000 to < $100,000

0.47

0.33,0.68

0.85

0.57,1.27

-0.02

-0.40,0.37

0.18

0.10,0.26

-0.31

-0.40,-0.22

 ≥ $100,000

REF

REF

REF

REF

REF

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

REF

REF

REF

REF

REF

 LGBQ + 

0.28

0.15,0.54

0.45

0.27,0.77

0.91

0.35,1.47

-0.15

-0.26,-0.03

0.04

-0.10,0.17

  1. aindicates that the reference group is “No, I have not heard of it.”; AOR indicates adjusted odds ratios; B indicates unstandardized beta coefficient; 95% CI indicates 95% confidence interval; bolded values indicate statistical significance p < 0.05