Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Parents with Children Living in the Home

The NSDUH Report:  Alcohol Dependence or Abuse Among Parents with Children Living in the Home

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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.

• Past year illicit drug use was higher among alcohol dependent or alcohol abusing parents. For example, 26% of past year alcohol dependent or alcohol abusing parents used marijuana in the past year compared with 7% of the parents who were not dependent on or abusing alcohol in the past year.

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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 (NSDUH), formerly called the  National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).  The NSDUH/NHSDA is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's survey (NHSDA/NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   The NHSDA/NSDUH also provides estimates for drug use by State.