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Table 1. 2013–2017 TSCI estimated past-year driving within 1 h of marijuana use, personal acceptance of driving after marijuana use, and support for per-se laws

From: Demographic and policy-based differences in behaviors and attitudes towards driving after marijuana use: an analysis of the 2013–2017 Traffic Safety Culture Index

Variable

Level

Unweighted sample sizea

Weighted percent of total sample (95% CI)

Drivers who self-reported driving within one hour of using marijuana at least once in the last year

Respondents who said driving within one hour of using marijuana is somewhat or completely acceptable

Respondents who somewhat or strongly support a per-se marijuana law

Weighted percent (95% CI)

Rao-Scott \({\chi }^{2}\) p-valueb

Weighted percent (95% CI)

Rao-Scott \({\chi }^{2}\) p-valueb

Weighted percent (95% CI)

Rao-Scott \({\chi }^{2}\) p-valueb

Full sample

NA

11,816

5.0 (4.5, 5.4)

9.7 (9.1, 10.3)

82.6 (81.8, 83.4)

Gender

Male

5753

48.1 (47.1, 49.2)

6.5 (5.8, 7.3)

 

11.1 (10.1, 12.0)

 

80.5 (79.2, 81.7)

 

Female

6063

51.9 (50.8, 52.9)

3.5 (2.9, 4.1)

 < 0.001

8.4 (7.6, 9.3)

 < 0.001

84.4 (83.4, 85.5)

 < 0.001

Income

 < $25,000

1888

17.3 (16.5, 18.1)

9.4 (7.6, 11.2)

 

13.8 (12.0, 15.7)

 

76.0 (73.7, 78.3)

 

$25,000-$49,999

2570

22.0 (21.1, 22.9)

5.7 (4.5, 6.8)

 

10.1 (8.8, 11.5)

 

81.6 (79.8, 83.4)

 
 

$50,000-$74,999

2,220

18.2 (17.5, 19.0)

4.3 (3.2, 5.3)

 

9.2 (7.8, 10.7)

 

83.9 (82.1, 85.7)

 

$75,000-$99,999

1708

14.6 (13.9, 15.4)

3.8 (2.7, 4.9)

 

9.3 (7.6, 11.0)

 

82.9 (80.8, 85.0)

 
 

$100,000 or more

3430

27.8 (26.9, 28.7)

3.5 (2.8, 4.2)

 < 0.001

7.3 (6.3, 8.3)

 < 0.001

86.2 (84.8, 87.5)

 < 0.001

Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic white

8696

66.0 (65.0, 67.1)

4.3 (3.8, 4.9)

 

9.9 (9.1, 10.6)

 

83.1 (82.1, 84.0)

 

Non-Hispanic black

1047

11.5 (10.8, 12.3)

7.5 (5.5, 9.5)

 

11.5 (9.2, 13.7)

 

76.5 (73.5, 79.5)

 

Non-Hispanic other

409

5.0 (4.4, 5.5)

5.9 (3.1, 8.7)

 

9.3 (6.1, 12.5)

 

89.5 (86.3, 92.6)

 

Hispanic

1319

15.0 (14.1, 15.8)

5.2 (3.7, 6.7)

 

7.7 (6.0, 9.4)

 

83.9 (81.6, 86.2)

 

Non-Hispanic 2 + races

345

2.5 (2.2, 2.9)

10.1 (5.3, 14.8)

0.002

9.6 (6.1, 13.2)

0.319

74.6 (68.9, 80.3)

 < 0.001

Education

Less than high school

1060

12.4 (11.6, 13.1)

8.5 (6.3, 10.7)

 

11.0 (8.9, 13.2)

 

78.1 (75.3, 80.9)

 
 

High school

3448

28.7 (27.7, 29.6)

4.7 (3.8, 5.5)

 

9.7 (8.6, 10.9)

 

82.0 (80.5, 83.5)

 

Some college

3389

29.7 (28.8, 30.7)

5.5 (4.5, 6.4)

 

11.1 (9.9, 12.4)

 

81.4 (79.9, 83.0)

 
 

Bachelor’s or higher

3919

29.2 (28.3, 30.2)

3.6 (2.9, 4.3)

 < 0.001

7.6 (6.6, 8.6)

0.002

86.0 (84.7, 87.3)

 < 0.001

Age

19–29

1870

19.7 (18.8, 20.6)

11.6 (9.7, 13.4)

 

15.1 (13.3, 17.0)

 

76.0 (73.7, 78.3)

 
 

30–44

2661

25.7 (24.7, 26.6)

5.6 (4.6, 6.5)

 

12.0 (10.6, 13.5)

 

79.8 (78.1, 81.6)

 
 

45–59

3608

27.3 (26.4, 28.2)

3.4 (2.7, 4.1)

 

8.8 (7.7, 9.8)

 

83.4 (82.0, 84.8)

 
 

60 or older

3677

27.4 (26.5, 28.3)

1.8 (1.3, 2.3)

 < 0.001

4.6 (3.8, 5.4)

 < 0.001

88.7 (87.5, 89.9)

 < 0.001

Marijuana Policy

RM and MM illegal

6011

51.5 (50.4, 52.5)

4.3 (3.7, 5.0)

 

9.6 (8.7, 10.5)

 

81.7 (80.5, 82.8)

 

RM illegal, MM legal

4855

41.0 (40.0, 42.0)

5.9 (5.1, 6.8)

 

9.6 (8.6, 10.6)

 

82.6 (81.4, 83.9)

 

RM and MM legal

950

7.5 (7.0,8.1)

4.2 (2.7, 5.8)

0.024

10.6 (8.2,13.0)

0.733

87.8 (85.3, 90.3)

0.003

Per-se law

Absent

8769

72.8 (71.9, 73.8)

5.1 (4.6, 5.7)

 

10.0 (9.3, 10.8)

 

81.6 (80.6, 82.5)

 
 

Present

3047

27.2 (26.2, 28.1)

4.5 (3.6, 5.4)

0.563

8.8 (7.6, 9.9)

0.319

85.1 (83.6, 85.5)

0.002

  1. aThe unweighted sample size includes those with missing values or non-response to questions (1)–(3)
  2. bBoldface denotes statistically significant between-group heterogeneity at the significance level of 0.05. p-values are adjusted using a Bonferroni-Holm correction