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Table 1 Participant demographic characteristics across the validation sample and 5 sub-groups

From: Development and validation of behavioral intention measures of an E-vapor product: intention to try, use, dual use, and switch

Demographic characteristic

Validation sample (N = 1495)

ASPQ (n = 260)

ASNPQ (n = 333)

EV Users (n = 277)

Former Users (n = 302)

Never Users (n = 323)

Gender %

 Female

57.1

53.1

59.8

60.3

51.3

60.1

 Male

42.9

46.9

40.2

39.7

48.7

39.9

Ethnicity %

 Non-Hispanic

93.4

93.8

95.8

92.4

92.4

92.6

 Hispanic

6.5

6.2

4.2

7.6

7.3

7.4

Race %

 White/Caucasian

86.6

83.1

89.2

88.8

88.7

83.0

 Black/African American

8.8

12.7

6.6

8.7

7.0

9.6

 Asian

2.4

2.3

1.8

2.2

0.7

5.0

 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.3

0.6

 American Indian/Alaska Native

2.3

2.7

2.1

2.9

2.3

1.5

 Other

2.8

1.9

2.4

3.2

3.0

3.4

Region %

 Northeast

22.9

21.5

24.3

26.0

19.9

22.9

 Midwest

22.1

21.2

24.9

20.9

21.5

21.7

 South

31.4

36.2

30.6

26.7

32.5

31.6

 West

22.7

20.0

19.8

25.6

25.2

23.2

Age

 Mean (SD)

52.0 (14.1)

51.1 (13.3)

51.4 (12.6)

47.1 (13.4)

57.4 (13.9)

52.7 (15.4)

 Range (years)

18–90

21–82

22–82

18–78

19–88

19–90

  1. Summary of participant demographic characteristics for participants in the full validation sample, as well as for the five study sub-groups. Raw percentages are reported; therefore, percentages do not always add to 100% due to missing data
  2. ASPQ, adult smoker planning to quit; ASNPQ, adult smoker not planning to quit; EV, e-vapor