The NSDUH
Report: Alcohol Dependence or Abuse Among Parents with Children
Living in the Home
Highlights:
- Based on SAMHSA's National
Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2002 almost 5 million adults were
alcohol dependent or alcohol abusing and had at least one child younger
than age 18 living in their home.
- Parents with past year
alcohol dependence or abuse were more likely to report household turbulence
than parents who were not alcohol dependent or alcohol abusing. Household
turbulence included people in their household having serious arguments
and often insulting or yelling at each other.
This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Alcohol
Dependence or Abuse Among Parents with Children Living in the Home,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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