1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (309B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 52.Percentages Reporting Perceptions of Great Risk of Using
Cocaine 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
63.3b
54.4
73.8b
66.7
76.4b
71.2
86.4b
83.2
80.5b
76.0
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
64.0b
54.7
73.5b
66.4
74.8b
69.1
86.3a
82.9
80.7b
76.1
Black
66.6b
58.6
78.6a
73.3
81.8a
77.0
88.2
86.2
82.6b
78.7
Hispanic
57.8b
50.2
72.6b
63.0
80.3
76.5
87.6
86.2
78.9b
74.7
Other
57.3
49.3
*
63.0
77.3
72.7
*
*
74.9
70.2
SEX
Male
62.9b
55.5
72.4b
62.8
70.9a
66.5
82.9
80.8
77.1b
73.1
Female
63.7b
53.3
75.2a
70.6
81.6b
75.6
89.5b
85.3
83.7b
78.7
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
62.1b
54.0
72.9b
65.5
74.1b
69.2
84.8a
80.2
78.9b
73.7
Small Metro
64.4b
56.1
73.8a
67.4
76.6a
71.4
87.4
85.2
81.2a
77.4
Nonmetro
63.8b
52.6
75.5a
67.8
82.1a
75.3
88.0
85.8
82.8a
78.3
REGION
Northeast
60.8
54.9
74.3b
65.5
71.1
72.6
84.9
82.8
78.8
76.7
North Central
63.2b
53.1
75.2b
62.8
77.2b
67.5
88.3
83.1
82.1b
74.5
South
65.8b
56.3
77.1b
70.7
79.7a
75.4
89.4
86.2
83.6b
79.3
West
61.7b
52.6
67.0
65.6
74.8b
67.4
80.4
78.4
75.4
71.7
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
69.7
65.8
78.4
74.8
91.4
90.0
86.3
83.9
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
74.4b
67.6
77.5b
70.6
87.1
84.5
83.1a
79.6
Some College
N/A
N/A
73.2a
66.2
76.1
73.2
85.9
83.2
81.5a
77.9
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
79.8b
66.9
74.1a
68.2
81.4a
75.7
79.6b
73.2
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
72.8b
67.6
75.0b
70.0
84.6b
79.5
80.5b
75.6
Part-time
N/A
N/A
77.0b
65.9
76.9
73.6
85.4
84.6
81.9a
77.3
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
68.9
62.6
73.8
64.6
80.0
84.1
75.3
73.8
Other3
N/A
N/A
74.5a
67.0
83.3b
76.8
89.6
87.4
87.2
84.4
*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.
