Government Assistance Recipients
The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Receiving Public Assistance: 2002
An estimated 27 million persons aged 12 to 64 lived in families that received government assistance in the year prior to the interview. For their alcohol and illicit drug use rates, see The NHSDA Report: Substance Use Among Persons in Families Receiving Government Assistance.
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2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health Detailed Tables:
Data Tables with government assistance as a variable:
- Adult (age 18 and older) mental health treatment/counseling, 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) -- Number and percent of (1) any mental health treatment, (2) inpatient, outpatient, and prescription medication treatment, and (3) unmet need for mental health treatment/counseling by socioeconomic demographics & geographic variables, family income, government assistance, and any illicit drug use (Tables 8.35A - 8.40B).
- Substance use by adult mental health treatment/counseling , 2000 & 2001 (PDF format) -- Number & percent of past year users of any illicit drugs, marijuana, nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs, cigarettes, & alcohol by receipt & perceived need for mental health treatment/counseling by sociodemographics, government assistance, and geographic variables (Tables 8.41A - 8.50B).
Homeless
The DASIS Report: Admissions with Five or More Prior Treatment Episodes: 2005
The DASIS Report: Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 2004
The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Homeless Female Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002
The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Homeless Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment, 2000