The
NSDUH Report: Youth Activities, Substance Use, and Family Income
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data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 92.4% of
youths aged 12 to 17 participated in one or more school-based, community-based,
church or faith-based, or other such activities during the past year:
27.1% participated in one to three activities, 31.4% participated
in four to six activities, and 33.9% participated in seven or more
activities in the past year.
- Youth
in families of lower income were more likely not to participate in
any school-based, community-based, church or faith-based or related
activities; however, regardless of family income those youth who did
participate had lower rates of cigarette, alcohol, or illicit drug
use than those who did not participate in such activities.
- The
greater the number of activities, the lower the rates of past year
use of cigarettes, alcohol, or illicit drugs among youth. For example,
the rates of illicit drug use were 18.3% for youth who participated
in no such activities, 11.9% for those with 1-3 activities, 9.4% for
4-6 activities, and 6.8% for 7 or more youth activities in the past
year.
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This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report:
Youth Activities, Substance Use, and Family Income,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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