1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (23B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 35. Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month
Use of Cigarettes 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
63.1
69.7
29.0
36.3
20.3
32.5
AGE
15-25
63.7
60.3
39.4
37.7
26.3
31.3
26-44
62.6
74.4
21.3
35.6
15.8
33.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
White
72.3
77.1
33.7
39.9
23.8
36.0
Black
48.8
57.1
24.5
31.4
20.4
28.6
Hispanic
51.5
48.8
17.6
25.5
12.0
21.5
MARITAL STATUS
Married
62.0
72.5
22.8
30.5
15.8
27.9
Not Married
65.8
66.9
45.1
42.2
31.9
37.2
Never Married
67.5
62.2
44.8
37.9
29.9
32.1
Divorced, Separated
*
82.0
*
56.4
*
53.6
POPULATION DENSITY1
Large Metro
60.5
66.8
23.9
33.5
13.0
29.5
Small Metro
67.9
70.8
34.1
36.1
24.5
32.6
Nonmetro
61.4
74.1
31.9
42.0
28.3
38.2
PARENTAL STATUS
No Children
59.4
65.9
30.6
37.0
17.4
31.5
Has Child Aged <22
66.1
66.3
30.9
30.9
24.2
28.4
All Children Aged >22
65.2
74.9
26.7
37.1
21.2
34.7
TRIMESTER3
First
61.1
N/A
35.7
N/A
23.6
N/A
Second
63.9
N/A
32.3
N/A
22.8
N/A
Third
62.0
N/A
23.4
N/A
17.0
N/A
ADULT EDUCATION4
<High School
66.9
69.0
46.2
51.5
39.4
48.6
High School Grad
58.2
74.9
27.2
41.5
19.7
39.3
Some College
62.3
73.9
24.9
35.4
15.9
30.6
College Graduate
64.6
67.7
17.6
22.3
10.0
18.3
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
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.
