The
NSDUH Report: Underage Drinking in Rural Areas
Highlights
- In
2002, about 10% of persons aged 12 or older (an estimated 4 million persons) lived
in rural areas.
- Based
on SAMHSA's 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the rate of current underage
drinking among youth aged 12 to 17 was higher in rural than nonrural areas. Current
underage drinking among those aged 18 to 20, however, was higher in nonrural areas.
- Rural
youth aged 12 to 17 reported lower levels of perceived risk from alcohol use,
less disapproval of alcohol use, and less perceived parental disapproval of underage
drinking than those in nonrural areas.
- Binge
drinking (defined as 5 or more drinks on the same occasion at least one day in
the past month) was also higher among rural youth age 12 to 17 (4.1%) than nonrural
(1.6%) but underage binge drinking did not differ by rural status for those aged
18 to 20.
Reports on Rural/Urban Status Reports
on Other Drugs Other
Topics
This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Underage Drinking in Rural Areas,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use
and Health, formerly called the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA)
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 (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.
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