1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (307B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 50.Percentages Reporting Perceptions of Great Risk of Smoking
Marijuana Once a Month, 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
32.9
32.6
24.2b
28.4
29.2b
35.3
48.7
52.1
40.4b
44.1
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
31.6
32.6
20.4a
24.8
23.5b
29.8
46.3
48.7
38.0a
41.3
Black
37.8a
31.6
29.9
32.0
38.6
41.1
55.9
62.2
46.0
49.4
Hispanic
33.6
33.7
39.1
40.5
50.6
54.2
61.2a
67.6
50.7b
54.9
Other
34.4
33.2
24.0
34.0
41.6
52.9
*
*
46.7
55.3
SEX
Male
31.8
31.7
21.0
24.5
24.1b
29.6
43.5
45.8
35.6
38.6
Female
34.0
33.6
27.3a
32.3
34.1b
40.9
53.3
57.6
44.7b
49.3
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
31.5
29.7
25.3
27.2
28.6b
35.2
47.1
47.9
39.1
41.1
Small Metro
33.0
33.8
21.3
26.2
26.5b
32.9
46.6
53.4
38.4a
44.3
Nonmetro
35.1
35.6
25.8a
34.3
36.1
39.6
54.9
57.9
45.9
49.7
REGION
Northeast
29.5
31.0
25.1
26.4
23.9b
37.1
51.2
53.8
41.0
45.9
North Central
32.8
32.6
22.2
24.2
25.8
31.3
48.8
46.4
40.0
39.4
South
35.8
34.3
26.9
32.5
33.1a
38.0
51.7a
57.8
43.4b
48.8
West
31.1
31.1
21.1a
28.3
31.2
34.2
40.9
46.8
35.2
40.0
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
30.1
32.1
38.6b
47.3
69.7
70.0
59.4
60.6
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
24.2b
31.6
34.5
37.1
53.6
55.9
45.0
49.0
Some College
N/A
N/A
21.1
25.2
25.3b
33.7
42.9
47.7
35.1a
40.6
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
22.7
21.6
21.5b
28.5
28.6a
35.6
26.4b
32.8
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
23.8a
28.4
26.3b
32.7
37.8
40.1
32.9b
36.7
Part-time
N/A
N/A
22.4
24.6
30.4a
37.7
43.8
46.8
36.1
38.7
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
21.7
25.9
25.2
31.7
43.2
48.1
32.5
38.4
Other3
N/A
N/A
27.4a
33.6
43.1
46.2
64.3
68.3
58.1
62.9
*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.
