1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (306B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 49.Percentages Reporting Perceptions of Great Risk of Smoking
One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day, by Age Group and Demographic Characteristics:
1994 and 1996
AGE GROUP (Years)
12-17
18-25
26-34
35 and Older
Total
Demographic
Characteristic
1994
1996
1994
1996
1994
1996
1994
1996
1994
1996
TOTAL
51.7
54.0
60.4
62.1
65.9a
68.8
70.4
71.8
66.3
68.1
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
50.0
51.9
58.5
60.2
63.0a
66.4
70.1
70.7
65.6
67.0
Black
55.6
58.0
62.4
64.4
71.1
70.3
68.0a
73.4
66.0
69.3
Hispanic
56.7
59.6
71.4
70.3
79.2
79.5
79.0a
84.6
74.5a
77.4
Other
52.0
55.7
*
58.5
62.2
71.2
*
*
61.4
63.8
SEX
Male
46.1a
50.5
58.9
57.3
61.5
65.0
64.3
67.7
61.0
63.9
Female
57.6
57.5
61.9b
67.0
70.0
72.4
75.7
75.4
71.2
72.1
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
53.7
54.6
63.4
66.0
69.4
72.8
73.1
72.4
69.2
69.9
Small Metro
50.3
54.9
56.4
61.7
63.7
67.6
68.0
73.6
63.9a
69.0
Nonmetro
50.4
51.4
59.7
55.1
60.3
61.2
68.8
67.9
64.3
63.5
REGION
Northeast
54.1
55.5
61.7
62.1
66.7a
72.3
69.8
74.0
66.7
70.7
North Central
49.0
51.5
56.9
58.0
59.1
62.4
69.9
66.2
64.2
62.8
South
50.7
51.1
59.1
60.4
65.4
68.3
70.7
72.9
66.1
68.2
West
54.5a
60.2
64.5
68.7
72.7
73.1
71.0
74.2
68.6
71.6
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
53.7
53.3
58.5
63.1
69.6
74.7
65.6
69.6
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
57.8
57.8
60.9
62.6
68.1
67.3
65.0
65.1
Some College
N/A
N/A
62.8
67.2
68.5
72.9
68.8
70.1
67.5
70.1
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
72.1
75.8
73.1
75.2
75.6
77.2
74.7
76.6
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
61.0
60.4
64.7a
68.2
69.7
69.5
67.2
68.0
Part-time
N/A
N/A
62.1
66.6
71.4
72.8
66.8
71.8
66.3
70.5
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
55.3
59.0
56.6
63.8
59.5a
76.7
57.5b
69.0
Other3
N/A
N/A
59.4
62.3
70.6
70.1
73.3
74.2
71.5
72.7
*Low precision; no estimate reported.
N/A: Not applicable.
NOTE:The questions about levels of risk of using various drugs, alcohol,
and cigarettes and about the perceived availability of drugs were not included
in the 1995 NHSDA.
1Population density is based on 1990 MSA classifications
and their 1990 Census of Population counts.
2Data on adult education and current employment not shown
for persons aged 12-17. Estimates for both adult education and current
employment are for persons aged > 18.
3Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or "other."
aDifference between 1994 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .05 level.
bDifference between 1994 and 1996 is statistically significant
at the .01 level.
Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey
on Drug Abuse, 1994 and 1996.
