1996
National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Preliminary Results
70617 (311B) PRELIMINARY DATA - AS OF JUNE 1997
Table 54.Percentages Reporting Perceptions of Great Risk of Having
Four or Five Drinks Nearly Every Day, by Age Group and DemographicCharacteristics:
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
65.4
66.7
65.7
68.6
72.4b
75.9
75.3b
80.8
72.5b
76.9
RACE/
ETHNICITY
White
65.8
67.2
62.9a
67.0
70.7b
74.7
75.2b
80.4
72.1b
76.7
Black
67.1
66.3
72.7
71.6
76.5
75.1
77.1
80.2
74.9
76.0
Hispanic
58.7
63.3
71.6
73.7
78.3
80.5
78.8a
83.3
74.5b
78.1
Other
73.0
70.3
70.3
68.3
74.1
82.7
*
84.9
68.3a
80.1
SEX
Male
59.7
62.7
57.3
59.6
63.4b
70.3
67.7b
74.5
64.6b
70.5
Female
71.4
71.0
73.9a
77.6
81.0
81.3
82.0b
86.2
79.7b
82.8
POPULATION
DENSITY1
Large Metro
66.7
68.4
70.1
71.6
73.1b
79.1
75.4b
82.2
73.4b
78.9
Small Metro
65.3
67.8
61.7a
68.4
72.7
73.8
74.2b
81.4
71.4b
77.0
Nonmetro
63.3
62.1
62.3
63.1
69.9
71.8
76.7
77.2
72.2
72.9
REGION
Northeast
68.0
69.5
67.8a
74.5
69.7b
77.8
72.1b
81.5
70.7b
79.0
North Central
64.8
64.4
62.8
65.9
69.3
72.1
73.7
77.9
70.7
73.8
South
64.9
65.5
64.0
65.5
73.4
76.3
77.7a
82.2
73.7a
77.3
West
64.8
69.2
69.3
71.8
76.4
77.5
76.3
81.0
74.0
77.7
ADULT
EDUCATION2
<High School
N/A
N/A
61.4
59.5
68.7
72.9
79.4
79.9
75.2
75.7
High School Grad
N/A
N/A
67.0
67.0
70.2
70.8
74.1
78.0
72.2
75.1
Some College
N/A
N/A
64.9b
73.5
74.3a
79.6
74.1b
82.6
72.3b
80.2
College Graduate
N/A
N/A
70.3
76.2
75.3a
79.9
74.4b
84.0
74.3b
82.4
CURRENT
EMPLOYMENT2
Full-time
N/A
N/A
63.6
66.3
70.3b
75.1
71.4b
78.0
70.1b
75.7
Part-time
N/A
N/A
68.2
72.6
75.8
79.6
74.8
83.1
73.3a
79.4
Unemployed
N/A
N/A
60.7
60.0
67.4
65.5
73.0
79.9
68.1
71.3
Other3
N/A
N/A
69.2
72.6
81.4
80.3
80.6
83.7
79.4
82.3
*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.
