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The
NSDUH Report: Youth Substance Use and Family Income
Highlights:
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 18% of youths
age 12 to 17 (4.6 million) lived in families with annual incomes of
less than $20,000 per year, 35% (8.8 million) in families with incomes
between $20,000 to $49,999, 19% (4.8 million) in families with incomes
between $50,000 to $74,999, and 27.6% in families with incomes of
$75,000 or more.
- The
lower the family income, the more likely that the youths had used
cigarettes or an illegal drug in their lifetime. Youths in families
with annual incomes of less than $20,000 were equally likely to have
ever used alcohol or inhalants as those in families with incomes of
$75,000 or more.
- Youths
age 12 to 17 in families with annual incomes of less than $20,000
were more likely to have smoked cigarettes in their lifetime than
those in families with incomes of $75,000 or more (35.4% vs. 25.2%).
- An
estimated 15% of youths in families with annual incomes of less than
$20,000 had ever used prescription-type drugs nonmedically compared
with 11% of those in families with incomes of $75,000 or more.
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OAS Publications and Services
This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report:
Youth 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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