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Table 1 Demographics of respondents

From: Cannabis dispensary staff approaches to counseling on potential contraindications to cannabis use: insights from a national self-report survey

 

All

n (%)

n=434

Clinicians

n (%)

n=79 (18%)

Non-clinicians

n (%)

n=355 (82%)

Age, years, mean (SD)

33.4 (9.8)

35.1 (9.9)

33.0 (9.8)

Gender

 Female

225 (51.8%)

43 (54.4%)

182 (51.3%)

 Male

196 (45.2%)

34 (43%)

162 (45.6%)

 Other/No Response

13 (3%)

2 (2.5%)

11 (3.1%)

Role

 Budtender

173 (39.9%)

--

173 (48.7%)

 Manager

140 (32.3%)

--

140 (39.4%)

 Physician/NP/PA

22 (5.1%)

22 (27.8%)

--

 Pharmacist

57 (13.1%)

57 (72.2%)

--

 Other

41 (9.4%)

--

41 (11.5%)

 No response

1 (0.2%)

--

1 (0.3%)

Years working in cannabis industry

 <6 months

25 (5.8%)

3 (3.8%)

22 (6.2%)

 6 mo to 1 yr

68 (15.7%)

6 (7.6%)

62 (17.5%)

 1-2 yrs

116 (26.7%)

28 (35.4%)

88 (24.8%)

 >2 yrs

219 (50.5%)

42 (53.2%)

177 (49.9%)

 No response

6 (1.4%)

0 (0%)

6 (1.7%)

Length of time in current position

 <6 months

26 (6%)

3 (3.8%)

23 (6.5%)

 6 mo to 1 yr

117 (27%)

11 (13.9%)

106 (29.9%)

 1-2 yrs

117 (27%)

29 (36.7%)

88 (24.8%)

 >2 yrs

173 (39.9%)

36 (45.6%)

137 (38.6%)

 No response

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.3%)

State medicalization score, mean (SD)

47.6 (15.7)

53.2 (19.3)

46.3 (14.5)

Legalized statewide adult use

163 (37.6%)

26 (32.9%)

137 (38.6%)

  1. Abbreviations: SD standard deviation, NP nurse practitioner, PA physician’s assistant