Table 1 Sample characteristics
From: Medical cannabis use in Canada: vapourization and modes of delivery
Characteristics | Overall | Current vapourizer use | No current vapourizer use |
|---|---|---|---|
(N = 364) | (N = 192) | (N = 102) | |
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 40.8 (12.6) | 41.2 (1.0) | 44.3 (1.2) |
% (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
Gender | |||
Male | 57.7 (210) | 67.2 (129) | 52.9 (54) |
Female | 42.3 (154) | 32.8 (63) | 47.1 (48) |
Ethnicity | |||
White only | 74.7 (272) | 86.5 (166) | 78.4 (80) |
Mixed/other/missing | 25.3 (92) | 13.5 (26) | 21.6 (22) |
Education | |||
Low | 29.1 (106) | 22.4 (43) | 34.3 (35) |
Moderate | 46.7 (170) | 49.5 (95) | 49.0 (50) |
High | 22.0 (80) | 27.1 (52) | 16.7 (17) |
Not reported | 2.2 (8) | – | – |
Income | |||
Low | 58.5 (213) | 56.8 (109) | 63.7 (65) |
Middle | 18.1 (66) | 19.8 (38) | 17.6 (18) |
High | 14.0 (51) | 17.7 (34) | 9.8 (10) |
Not reported | 9.4 (34) | 5.7 (11) | 8.8 (9) |
Region | |||
Ontario | 50.3 (183) | 64.1 (123) | 46.1 (47) |
British Columbia | 15.1 (55) | 15.1 (29) | 18.6 (19) |
Atlantic | 13.2 (48) | 13.0 (25) | 8.8 (9) |
Prairies | 13.0 (47) | 4.7 (9) | 16.7 (17) |
Quebec | 4.1 (15) | 2.6 (5) | 5.9 (6) |
Northern | 3.8 (14) | – | 2.9 (3) |
Missing | 0.5 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 1.0 (1) |
Cigarette smoking status | |||
Not at all | 58.5 (213) | 76.7 (147) | 59.8 (61) |
Occasionally | 16.2 (59) | 6.3 (12) | 8.8 (9) |
Daily | 19.2 (70) | 17.2 (33) | 30.4 (31) |
Missing | 6.1 (22) | – | 1.0 (1) |
Main medical reason | |||
Pain relief | 44.8 (163) | 57.8 (111) | 51.0 (52) |
Mental health | 15.1 (55) | 16.7 (32) | 16.7 (17) |
Central nervous system | 9.9 (36) | 8.9 (17) | 8.8 (9) |
Side effects | 3.0 (11) | 2.6 (5) | 3.9 (4) |
Other | 12.4 (45) | 13.0 (25) | 14.7 (15) |
Do not know | 8.5 (31) | 0.5 (1) | 2.0 (2) |
Refuse to answer | 6.3 (23) | 0.5 (1) | 2.9 (3) |
Amount (g/day) | 1.8 (1.6) | 1.8 (0.1) | 1.6 (0.2) |
Past 3-month frequency | |||
Less than almost every day | 20.0 (73) | 4.7 (9) | 19.6 (20) |
Almost every day | 21.2 (77) | 24.0 (46) | 26.5 (27) |
Every day | 55.8 (203) | 71.4 (137) | 53.9 (55) |
Do not know/refuse to answer | 3.0 (11) | – | – |
Number of times per daya | |||
Once | 15.9 (58) | 14.1 (27) | 24.5 (25) |
More than once | 82.4 (300) | 86.0 (165) | 75.4 (77) |
Do not know/refuse to answer | 1.7 (6) | – | – |