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Table 1 Weighted prevalence for gender, ethnicity, age and perceived relative harm for across all three waves

From: Perception of the relative harm of electronic cigarettes compared to cigarettes amongst US adults from 2013 to 2016: analysis of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study data

Characteristics

Modalities

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 3

Sex

1 = Male

47.9%

48.7%

49.1%

Sex

2 = Female

52.1%

51.3%

50.9%

Race/ethnicity

1 = Non-Hispanic White

68.3%

68.2%

68.3%

Race/Ethnicity

2 = Non-Hispanic Black

10.9%

10.7%

10.6%

3 = Non-Hispanic other

6.5%

6.7%

6.8%

Race/Ethnicity

4 = Hispanic

11.1%

11.1%

11.1 %

Category of age

1 = 18 to 24 years old

13.5%

11.8%

9.9%

Category of Age

2 = 25 to 34 years old

17.9%

18.5%

18.7%

Category of Age

3 = 35 to 44 years old

17%

17%

16.9%

Category of Age

4 = 45 to 54 years old

18.8%

17.9%

17.9%

Category of Age

5 = 55 to 64 years old

17.4%

18.1%

18.3%

Category of Age

6 = 65 to 74 years old

10.7%

11.5%

12.3%

Category of Age

7 = 75 years old or older

4.7%

5.3%

6%

Relative harm perception

− 8 = Do not know

5%

3.4%

1.8%

Risk Perception

− 7 = Refused

0.2%

0.2%

0.1%

Risk Perception

1 = Less harmful

41.1%

31.5%

25.3%

Risk Perception

2 = About the same

47.2%

55.3%

62.9%

Risk Perception

3 = More harmful

6.5%

9.6%

9.8%

  1. Race/ethnicity was categorized as white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, non-Hispanic other (i.e. American Indian/Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Multi-racial) and Hispanic of any race. Gender categories included male and female. Ages were categorized into the following groups: 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65–74 and 75 and older. Categories as defined by the PATH study