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Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents

The NSDUH Report - - Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents: 2002 to 2007

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Highlights:

  • Combined data from SAMHSA's 2002 to 2007 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health were used to provide average annualized estimates of the number of children under age 18 living with a substance abusing parent, that is, a parent who was dependent on or abused alcohol or an illicit drug.
  • Over 8.3 million children (11.9%) lived with at least one parent who was dependent on or abused alcohol or an illicit drug during the past year.
  • Of the children living with a substance abusing parent, almost 7.3 million (10.3%) lived with a parent who was dependent on or abused alcohol, and about 2.1 million (3.0%) lived with a parent who was dependent on or abused illicit drugs.
  • About 5.4 million children under 18 years of age lived with a father who met the criteria for past year substance dependence or abuse and 3.4 million lived with a mother who met the criteria.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report - - Children Living with Substance-Dependent or Substance-Abusing Parents: 2002 to 2007,  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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