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The DASIS Report: Marital
Status of Women Aged 25-44: 2002
Highlights
- In
2002, the proportion of female admissions between the ages of 25 and 44 to SAMHSA's
Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) who were currently married was less than in
the general population. In the general populatin (based on the 2000 Census), 63%
were currently married, 16% were formerly married, and 21% had never been married.
Female admissions to substance abuse treatment (based on TEDS), 19% were currently
married, 37% were formerly married, and 44% had never been married.
- About
40% of the female admissions were self and individual referrals to treatment and
about 25% were referred by the criminal justice system.
- Cocaine
and opiates were reported as the primary substance of abuse more frequently by
female admissions who had never been married and alcohol was reported more frequently
by those who had ever been married.
- Currently
married female admissions were most likely to be first time admissions; and never
married female admissions were most likely to have five or more previous admissions
for substance abuse treatment.
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This
Short Report, The
DASIS Report: Marital
Status of Women Aged 25-44: 2002,
is based on the
Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of
national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by the
Office
of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). For
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