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Mailman School
of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
Mailman School
of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
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Substance abuse among women and parents National Institute on Drug Abuse This report analyzes the prevalence of substance-abusing behavior among parents and women of childbearing age using data from the 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) and Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). It compares the characteristics of drug-using parents with those of all parents: marital status, age, employment status, income level, and educational attainment. The survey revealed that around five percent of parents use illicit drugs, and over 12.8 million children under the age of 18 live in a substance-abusing household. However, because of under reporting of drug use, these estimates are considered to be conservative. The data also reveal that people living with children in the household use drugs less frequently than those without children. Even so, 5.2 million parents reported frequent binge drinking. Women drug users are generally poorer than those who do not use drugs, and are more likely than others to be clustered in the most impoverished poverty category. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Division of Children and Youth Policy 200 Independence Avenue, SW Room Y50G Washington, DC 20201 (202) 690-6461 Fax (202) 690-5514 E-mail:lauraf@osaspe.ssw.dhhs.gov (1994, 61 pp.; free; Executive Summary available on the www: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov)
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Disclaimer Free To Grow is a national program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with direction and technical assistance provided by the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. |