Table 3 Multinomial logistic regression assessing sociodemographic correlates of cannabis use class among US young adults reporting past 30-day use (N = 1,968)

Frequent-herb (vs. Infrequent-herb/edibles)

Moderate-herb (vs. Infrequent-herb/edibles)

Moderate-oil/other (vs. Infrequent-herb/edibles)

Variables

aOR

95% CI

p

aOR

95% CI

p

aOR

95% CI

p

State non-medical cannabis law

Legalized (ref: not legalized)

1.19

0.89,1.58

.241

1.01

0.80, 1.28

.934

1.11

0.83, 1.49

.485

Sociodemographics

Age

1.07

1.03, 1.10

< .001

1.03

1.003, 1.06

.030

1.00

0.97, 1.04

.826

Male sex (ref: female)

1.66

1.22, 2.27

.001

1.47

1.15, 1.90

.003

1.21

0.89, 1.65

.226

Sexual minority (ref: heterosexual)

1.19

0.88, 1.62

.252

1.00

0.78, 1.29

.979

0.81

0.59, 1.11

.190

Hispanic (ref: non-Hispanic)

0.78

0.54, 1.14

.198

0.93

0.69, 1.24

.601

1.14

0.80, 1.63

.459

Race (ref: White)

 Black

1.59

1.10, 2.32

.015

1.75

1.28, 2.40

.001

1.74

1.18, 2.57

.005

 Asian

0.33

0.11, 0.99

.048

0.53

0.32, 0.86

.011

0.94

0.56, 1.56

.806

 Other

0.75

0.44, 1.28

.291

1.15

0.76, 1.74

.512

1.18

0.70, 1.99

.535

Education ≥ Bachelor’s degree (ref: <)

0.19

0.13, 0.28

< .001

0.40

0.31, 0.54

< .001

0.64

0.46, 0.91

.011

Employment status (ref: full-time)

 Part-time

0.60

0.39, 0.95

.027

0.99

0.70, 1.41

.963

1.08

0.71, 1.65

.716

 Student

0.62

0.40, 0.97

.037

0.93

0.66, 1.30

.666

0.88

0.59, 1.32

.542

 Unemployed

1.41

0.98, 2.03

.067

1.30

0.94, 1.80

.110

0.82

0.53, 1.26

.359

Community type (ref: rural)

 Suburban/micropolitan (10,000–49,999)

0.76

0.51, 1.12

.168

1.16

0.83, 1.63

.398

0.58

0.38, 0.88

.010

 Urban (50,000+)

0.87

0.60, 1.25

.444

1.23

0.88, 1.70

.222

0.73

0.50, 1.07

.110

Relationship (ref: single/other)

 Married

0.58

0.37, 0.89

.014

0.85

0.61, 1.20

.359

0.74

0.49, 1.12

.158

 Cohabitating

1.64

1.16, 2.31

.005

1.49

1.11, 2.00

.009

0.98

0.67, 1.44

.909

Parent/has child(ren) (ref: no)

1.93

1.37, 2.71

< .001

1.85

1.39, 2.47

< .001

1.84

1.29, 2.63

.001

Frequent-herb

(vs. Moderate-herb)

Moderate-oil/other

(vs. Moderate-herb)

Moderate-oil/other

(vs. Frequent-herb)

aOR

95% CI

p

aOR

95% CI

p

aOR

95% CI

p

State non-medical cannabis law

Legalized (ref: not legalized)

1.18

0.88, 1.57

.269

1.10

0.81, 1.49

.548

0.94

0.66, 1.32

.701

Sociodemographics

Age

1.03

1.00, 1.07

.060

0.97

0.94, 1.00

.143

0.94

0.90, 0.98

.004

Male sex (ref: female)

1.13

0.82, 1.54

.457

0.82

0.59, 1.14

.240

0.73

0.50, 1.06

.097

Sexual minority (ref: heterosexual)

1.19

0.88, 1.62

.266

0.81

0.58, 1.13

.206

0.68

0.47, 0.98

.041

Hispanic (ref: non-Hispanic)

0.85

0.59, 1.23

.387

1.24

0.85, 1.80

.267

1.46

0.94, 2.25

.090

Race (ref: White)

 Black

0.91

0.64, 1.30

.601

0.99

0.68, 1.46

.977

1.09

0.71, 1.68

.685

 Asian

0.41

0.14, 1.24

.113

1.79

0.95, 3.36

.072

4.35

1.43, 13.23

.010

 Other

0.65

0.38, 1.11

.115

1.03

0.60, 1.75

.923

1.58

0.84, 2.97

.158

Education ≥ Bachelor’s degree (ref: <)

0.47

0.31, 0.71

< .001

1.59

1.10, 2.31

.014

3.40

2.13, 5.44

< .001

Employment status (ref: full-time)

 Part-time

0.61

0.39, 0.96

.031

1.09

0.70, 1.69

.701

1.79

1.07, 2.99

.027

 Student

0.67

0.42, 1.06

.087

0.95

0.62, 1.47

.819

1.42

0.84, 2.39

.187

 Unemployed

1.08

0.76, 1.55

.671

0.63

0.41, 0.97

.035

0.58

0.37, 0.92

.021

Community type (ref: rural)

 Suburban/micropolitan (10,000–49,999)

0.66

0.44, 0.97

.035

0.50

0.33, 0.78

.002

0.77

0.48, 1.23

.265

 Urban (50,000+)

0.71

0.49, 1.02

.065

0.60

0.40, 0.89

.012

0.85

0.55, 1.30

.447

Relationship (ref: single/other)

 Married

0.67

0.43, 1.05

.083

0.87

0.56, 1.35

.528

1.29

0.77, 2.16

.339

 Cohabitating

1.10

0.79, 1.54

.566

0.66

0.45, 0.97

.036

0.60

0.39, 0.91

.017

Parent/has child(ren) (ref: no)

1.04

0.75, 1.45

.814

0.99

0.69, 1.43

.970

0.95

0.64, 1.43

.820