1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (22B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 34. Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month
"Binge" Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use 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
LEVEL OF ALCOHOL USE IN PAST MONTH
Any Alcohol Use
"Binge" Alcohol Use
Heavy Alcohol Use
Demographic
Characteristics
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
Pregnant
Not
Pregnant
TOTAL
16.1
53.3
1.6
13.4
0.5
3.0
AGE
15-25
17.3
48.5
1.9
17.6
0.7
4.7
26-44
15.2
55.7
1.3
11.4
0.4
2.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
White
18.6
59.3
1.4
15.6
0.4
3.5
Black
14.3
41.9
1.9
7.8
*
2.3
Hispanic
8.8
37.7
2.6
8.8
1.0
2.2
MARITAL STATUS
Married
13.3
53.3
0.5
9.2
*
1.7
Not Married
23.3
53.4
4.4
17.8
1.5
4.5
Never Married
20.9
51.4
3.7
17.8
1.5
4.6
Divorced, Separated
*
59.7
*
17.7
*
4.0
POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro
16.8
55.5
1.4
13.7
0.7
2.9
Small Metro
15.6
54.8
1.6
14.1
*
3.5
Nonmetro
15.3
46.8
2.0
11.9
*
2.6
PARENTAL STATUS
No Children
20.4
55.1
2.8
17.7
0.7
4.3
Has Child Aged <22
13.1
45.6
1.3
8.9
*
2.0
All Children Aged >22
13.4
53.8
0.5
10.2
*
1.9
TRIMESTER3
First
25.2
N/A
3.0
N/A
*
N/A
Second
9.0
N/A
*
N/A
*
N/A
Third
11.6
N/A
0.9
N/A
*
N/A
ADULT EDUCATION4
<High School
22.5
43.3
3.4
14.5
2.0
4.5
High School Grad
14.5
52.5
0.9
13.8
*
3.1
Some College
16.6
58.5
2.3
14.9
*
3.3
College Graduate
11.6
65.3
*
12.4
*
1.9
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
NOTE:"Binge" Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or
more drinks on the same occasion on at least one day in the past 30 days.
By "occasion" is meant at the same time or within a couple hours
of each other. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks
on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the past 30 days;
all Heavy Alcohol Users are also "Binge" Alcohol Users.
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.
