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National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status and Drug Abuse 1991

NCJ Number
235883
Author(s)
Robert L. Flewelling; Susan T. Ennett; J. Valley Rachal; Anne C. Theisen
Date Published
1993
Length
88 pages
Annotation
This report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration presents estimates of drug, alcohol, and cigarette use across subgroups of the U.S. population for 1991 as collected for the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.
Abstract
Highlights from the survey include: the relationship between race/ethnicity and drug use showed considerable variation based on the type of drug and the level of use; the level of educational attainment was found to be significantly related to all the drug use measures considered for the survey with the differences most pronounced between college graduates and the other levels of education (less than high school, high school graduate, some college); almost all drug measures were found to be significantly related with the occupational category of the chief wage earner in the household, with white-collar workers having the lowest prevalence of use and blue-collar and service workers having the highest prevalence of use; and family income, expressed as a percentage above or below the poverty line, was strongly associated with almost all drug measures. Other variables examined in the survey included employment status, marital status, number of jobs in past 5 years, number of residential moves in past 5 years, gender, and geographic region of residence. This report presents estimates of drug, alcohol, and cigarette use across subgroups of the U.S. population for 1991 as collected through the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. The data was collected through surveys with 32,594 individuals from the U.S. civilian, non-institutionalized population aged 12 and older. Data were obtained on self-reported use of alcohol and cigarettes within the past 30 days; use of other drugs within the past year, and self-reported information on heavy or frequent use, non-heavy or non-frequent use, and nonuse for alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and psychotherapeutics. Tables and references