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Table 1 Summary Statistics

From: Too young for Cannabis? Choice of minimum legal age for legalized non-medical Cannabis in Canada

 

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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

 
  1. Note: Data in Panel A are from CTUMS (2004–2012) and in Panel B from CTADS (2013 and 2015). Values are mean (SD). Sample includes respondents aged 21–65 years who initiated cannabis before age 25. Estimates are adjusted for sampling weights. The variable ‘English’ captures the proportion of respondents who reported speaking English language most often at home