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5 Million Parents Have Alcohol Problems

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Percentages of Parents Age 18 or Older Reporting Past-Year Household Turbluence, by Past-Year Alcohol Dependence or Abuse: 2002

	Past-Year Alcohol Dependence or Abuse	No Past-Year Alcohol Dependence or Abuse
People in Household Often Insult or Yell at Each Other	40.4	27.3
People in Household Often Have Serious Arguments	29.8	18.2
Spouse/Partner Hit or Threaten To Hit One or More Times	11.8	4.6
Hit or Threaten To Hit Spouse/Partner One or More Times	9.9	3.6

Source: Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002.