The
NSDUH Report: Marital Status and Substance Use Among Women
Highlights:
In
2002, the marital status among women aged 21 to 49 was as follows: almost 58%
were currently married, 20% had never been married, 13% were divorced or separated,
9% were living as married with an unmarried partner, and less than 1% were widowed.
Based
on SAMHSA's 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, among women aged 21 to
49, married women were less likely to have used tobacco, engaged in binge alcohol
use, or used an illicit drug in the past month compared with women who were divorced
or separated, never married, or living with an unmarried partner.
Among
married women aged 21 to 49, those with children younger than 18 living in the
home were less likely to have used tobacco, engaged in binge alcohol use, or used
any illicit drug in the past month than those with no child living in the home.
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This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Marital Status and Substance Use Among Women,
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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