1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (18B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 33. Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month
Use of Any Illicit Drug in the U.S. Population of Females Aged 15 to 44,
by Pregnancy Status and Demographic Characteristics: Annual Averages Based
on 1995 and 1996 Samples
TIME PERIOD
Lifetime
Past Year
Past Month
Demographic
Characteristics
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
TOTAL
41.5
45.2
10.5
13.8
3.2
7.2
AGE
15-25
40.6
39.6
18.8
22.9
5.0
12.2
26-44
42.1
48.0
4.3
9.4
1.8
4.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
White
47.8
52.3
11.0
15.2
3.5
7.8
Black
30.0
33.9
8.5
13.3
2.6
7.4
Hispanic
29.1
25.0
8.6
8.3
1.5
4.5
MARITAL STATUS
Married
37.2
44.6
4.7
7.6
1.1
3.7
Not Married
52.5
45.9
25.5
20.2
8.6
10.9
Never Married
52.9
42.4
26.8
22.2
7.2
11.8
Divorced, Separated
*
56.9
*
13.9
*
8.0
POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro
39.1
45.1
8.4
14.0
1.1
7.4
Small Metro
45.5
48.2
12.7
14.8
5.7
8.0
Nonmetro
40.5
41.3
11.5
12.1
3.7
5.7
PARENTAL STATUS
No Children
43.0
43.5
17.3
19.3
5.3
10.0
Has Child Aged <22
38.7
43.1
6.0
10.0
1.4
6.2
All Children Aged >22
41.2
47.7
6.1
9.1
2.0
4.6
TRIMESTER3
First
41.8
N/A
12.1
N/A
8.4
N/A
Second
44.9
N/A
12.1
N/A
1.1
N/A
Third
38.1
N/A
6.5
N/A
2.5
N/A
ADULT EDUCATION4
<High School
45.0
41.3
16.8
15.9
8.0
10.1
High School Grad
38.8
47.3
7.2
13.7
1.9
7.1
Some College
34.4
48.8
7.1
11.5
*
5.6
College Graduate
*
46.9
6.8
10.6
*
4.6
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
NOTE:Any Illicit Drug indicates use at least once of marijuana or
hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including
PCP and LSD), heroin, or any prescription-type psychotherapeutic used nonmedically.
Any Illicit Drug Other than Marijuana indicates use at least once of any
of these listed drugs, regardless of marijuana use; marijuana users who
also have used any of the other listed drugs are included.
NOTE:The sum of the pregnant and not pregnant females aged 15-44
is less than the total of all females aged 15-44 because of item nonresponse
to the pregnancy question.
1Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications
and their 1990 Census of Population counts.
2The respondent and the child(ren) both (all) reside in
the same household.
3Trimester not reported by all pregnant respondents.
4Data on adult education not shown for persons aged 12-17.
Estimates for adult education are for persons aged 18 to 44.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1995 and 1996.
