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Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of Survey Participants Who Smoke Hookah*

From: Transitions in hookah (Waterpipe) smoking by U.S. sexual minority adults between 2013 and 2015: the population assessment of tobacco and health study wave 1 and wave 2

Characteristic

Ever Use

Current Use

Sexual Minority Adults

Heterosexual Adults

Sexual Minority Adults

Heterosexual Adults

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 1

Wave 2

Wave 1

Wave 2

Age

 18–24 Yr

43.11 (39.5–46.72)

42.31 (38.74–45.88)

34.64 (33.37–35.91)

34.36 (32.98–35.73)

67.41 (57.85–76.97)

69.25 (59.04–79.47)

64.89 (60.96–68.82)

63.02 (57.66–68.37)

 25–34 Yr

32.71 (29.17–36.24)

35.3 (30.96–39.65)

34.11 (32.76–35.47)

35.69 (34.35–37.03)

24.97 (15.13–34.82)

23.33 (15.36–31.31)

27.75 (24.48–31.02)

29.52 (25.06–33.97)

 35–44 Yr

11.56 (9.3–13.82)

11.33 (8.64–14.02)

14.06 (12.94–15.18)

15.05 (13.86–16.25)

4.11 (0.32–7.91)

4.9 (0–10.58)

4.57 (3.05–6.09)

5.12 (3.18–7.07)

 45–54 Yr

6.65 (4.64–8.65)

5.88 (3.25–8.5)

8.26 (7.51–9.01)

7.31 (6.55–8.08)

2.14 (0–4.66)

2.51 (0–7.5)

2.00 (0.77–3.22)

1.66 (0.48–2.84)

  > 55 Yr

5.98 (3.89–8.07)

5.18 (3.14–7.23)

8.93 (8.2–9.66)

7.58 (6.85–8.32)

1.36 (0–3.95)

0 (0–0)

0.79 (0.12–1.46)

0.68 (0–1.51)

Sexa

 Male

37.03 (33.77–40.28)

39.96 (35.76–44.15)

59.31 (58.2–60.42)

58.71 (57.56–59.87)

28.16 (19.05–37.27)

34.56 (25.21–43.91)

66.97 (64.17–69.77)

64.78 (60.79–68.76)

 Female

62.97 (59.72–66.23)

60.04 (55.85–64.24)

40.69 (39.58–41.8)

41.29 (40.13–42.44)

71.84 (62.73–80.95)

65.44 (56.09–74.79)

33.03 (30.23–35.83)

35.22 (31.24–39.21)

Race

 White, non-Hispanic

59.67 (55.81–63.53)

55.94 (51.96–59.91)

62.24 (60.67–63.82)

60.73 (59.08–62.38)

58.22 (48.65–67.8)

55.02 (42.85–67.19)

55.47 (51.38–59.57)

48.90 (44.07–53.74)

 Black, non-Hispanic

13.47 (10.89–16.05)

12.31 (10.03–14.59)

10.21 (9.27–11.16)

11.31 (10.34–12.29)

11.21 (5.49–16.94)

12.98 (5.7–20.26)

11.17 (8.21–14.13)

12.63 (8.79–16.47)

 Other, non-Hispanic

7.7 (5.82–9.57)

7.88 (5.66–10.09)

9.84 (8.75–10.93)

9.98 (9.01–10.96)

6.81 (2.93–10.69)

9.14 (4.62–13.66)

11.19 (8.18–14.19)

15.60 (11.83–19.37)

 Hispanic

19.16 (16.16–22.16)

23.88 (20.48–27.28)

17.7 (16.45–18.95)

17.98 (16.67–19.29)

23.75 (14.76–32.73)

22.86 (12.13–33.59)

22.17 (18.8–25.53)

22.86 (18.7–27.02)

Education Level

 No College

32.01 (28.77–35.24)

34.29 (30.33–38.25)

30.21 (28.94–31.48)

30 (28.52–31.47)

36.28 (26.49–46.06)

46.14 (34.05–58.23)

36.3 (33.19–39.41)

37.22 (32.72–41.73)

 Some College

67.99 (64.76–71.23)

65.71 (61.75–69.67)

69.79 (68.52–71.06)

70 (68.53–71.48)

63.72 (53.94–73.51)

53.86 (41.77–65.95)

63.7 (60.59–66.81)

62.78 (58.27–67.28)

Marital Status

 Married

–

17.03 (13.97–20.1)

–

31.89 (30.65–33.13)

–

10.57 (4.21–16.93)

–

15.36 (11.58–19.15)

 Not Married†

–

82.97 (79.9–86.03)

–

68.11 (66.87–69.35)

–

89.43 (83.07–95.79)

–

84.64 (80.85–88.42)

Annual Household Income

  < $25,000

47.09 (43.49–50.7)

49.27 (45.25–53.3)

35.23 (33.81–36.66)

34.33 (32.79–35.87)

58.96 (48.67–69.26)

54.24 (44.53–63.94)

49.15 (45.7–52.59)

46.16 (41.72–50.6)

 $25,000-49,999

24.01 (21.51–26.52)

20.36 (17.08–23.64)

23.03 (22–24.05)

21.91 (20.8–23.02)

24.74 (15.88–33.59)

25.35 (17.61–33.1)

22.8 (19.69–25.92)

18.08 (14.12–22.03)

 $50,000-99,000

18.82 (15.79–21.85)

20.36 (17.08–23.64)

23.35 (22.23–24.47)

24.07 (22.78–25.36)

11.96 (4.27–19.64)

12.72 (6.32–19.13)

16.08 (13.24–18.93)

19.7 (16.03–23.37)

  > $100,000

10.07 (7.9–12.23)

9.99 (7.57–12.42)

18.39 (17.13–19.65)

19.69 (18.25–21.13)

4.34 (0.69–8)

7.69 (0.69–14.68)

11.97 (9.42–14.51)

16.06 (11.85–20.28)

Health insurance

 No

21.97 (19.24–24.71)

24.08 (20.59–27.57)

18.65 (17.65–19.66)

16.78 (15.55–18.02)

26.48 (19.1–33.86)

29.87 (20.3–39.45)

23.5 (19.53–27.48)

21.87 (17.84–25.91)

 Yes

78.03 (75.29–80.76)

75.92 (72.43–79.41)

81.35 (80.34–82.35)

83.22 (81.98–84.45)

73.52 (66.14–80.9)

70.13 (60.55–79.7)

76.5 (72.52–80.47)

78.13 (74.09–82.16)

  1. * African-American adults were oversampled and percentages were weighted to represent the U.S. adult populations. Data are shown as percent (95% CI)
  2. †Including widowed, divorced, separated, or never married
  3. Dash (−) indicates questions were not asked in Wave 1
  4. a p < 0.0001 for comparison sexual identity by gender within wave 1 and within wave 2 for those with ever use and for those with current use