Table 3 Awareness of the Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines based on sample characteristics
From: Reducing medical cannabis use risk among Veterans: A descriptive study
| Â | Â | All Veterans n (%), proportion of variable level | Chi Square | Current Cannabis Users n (%), proportion of variable level | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Unaware of LRCUG | Aware of LRCUG | χ2 | p | Unaware of LRCUG | Aware of LRCUG | |
Cannabis Use Status | Never used cannabis | 97 (85.8) | 16 (14.2) | 26.15 | < 0.001** | 200 (63.7) | 114 (36.3) |
Past cannabis user | 68 (82.9) | 14 (17.1) | |||||
Current cannabis user | 200 (63.7) | 114 (36.3) | |||||
Sex | Male | 309 (71.9) | 121 (28.1) | 0.03 | 0.860 | 174 (63.5) | 100 (36.5) |
Female | 56 (70.9) | 23 (29.1) | 26 (65.0) | 14 (35.0) | |||
Area of Canada | Western Canada (BC, AB, SK, MB) | 91 (73.4) | 33 (26.6) | 0.33 | 0.846 | 49 (64.5) | 27 (35.5) |
Central Canada (ON, QC) | 153 (70.5) | 64 (29.5) | 85 (63.9) | 48 (36.1) | |||
Eastern Canada (NS, NB, PEI, NL) | 103 (72.0) | 40 (28.0) | 57 (62.0) | 35 (38.0) | |||
Relationship Status | Single | 95 (70.4) | 40 (29.6) | 0.14 | 0.712 | 51 (61.4) | 32 (38.6) |
In a relationship | 268 (72.0) | 104 (28.0) | 149 (64.5) | 82 (35.5) | |||
Employment Status | Unemployed | 102 (73.4) | 37 (26.6) | 0.41 | 0.816 | 71 (68.9) | 32 (31.1) |
Employed/Student | 76 (69.7) | 33 (30.3) | 34 (59.6) | 23 (40.4) | |||
Retired | 186 (71.5) | 74 (28.5) | 94 (61.4) | 59 (38.6) | |||
Level of Education | High school or less | 123 (73.7) | 44 (26.3) | 1.63 | 0.654 | 67 (65.7) | 35 (34.3) |
College or trades school | 165 (69.6) | 72 (30.4) | 98 (62.0) | 60 (38.0) | |||
Undergraduate degree | 50 (75.8) | 16 (24.2) | 26 (70.3) | 11 (29.7) | |||
Graduate degree | 23 (67.6) | 11 (32.4) | 8 (50.0) | 8 (50.0) | |||
Disability Status | Unable to work due to disability | 224 (75.2) | 74 (24.8) | 4.38 | 0.036 | 90 (61.2) | 57 (38.8) |
Able to work | 140 (66.7) | 70 (33.3) | 109 (65.7) | 57 (34.3) | |||
Member/Officer Status at Time of Release | Commissioned Officer | 55 (75.3) | 18 (24.7) | 0.48 | 0.488 | 21 (63.6) | 12 (36.4) |
Non-Commissioned Officer/Member | 297 (71.4) | 119 (28.6) | 171 (64.3) | 95 (35.7) | |||
CAF Branch | Army | 221 (71.8) | 87 (28.2) | 0.02 | 0.989 | 124 (64.9) | 67 (35.1) |
Navy | 65 (71.4) | 26 (28.6) | 34 (59.6) | 23 (40.4) | |||
Air Force | 71 (71.0) | 29 (29.0) | 37 (62.7) | 22 (37.3) | |||