DRUG USE
Table 4. Drug Use by Current Employment Status,1 1995�20002
(Percent Prevalence)
| |
Full-time
|
Part-time
|
Unemployed
|
Other3
|
|
Past month use of any illicit drug
|
|
1995
|
5.5
|
9.0
|
14.3
|
3.1
|
|
1996
|
6.2
|
8.6
|
12.5
|
3.0
|
|
1997
|
6.5
|
7.7
|
13.8
|
3.0
|
|
1998
|
6.4
|
7.4
|
18.2
|
2.8
|
|
1999 CAI
|
6.1
|
6.3
|
6.2
|
3.3
|
|
2000 CAI
|
6.3
|
7.8
|
15.4
|
3.5
|
|
Past month use of marijuana
|
|
1995
|
4.2
|
7.5
|
12.6
|
1.9
|
|
1996
|
4.9
|
6.2
|
10.0
|
2.3
|
|
1997
|
5.0
|
6.6
|
12.2
|
2.4
|
|
1998
|
5.1
|
6.5
|
15.1
|
2.0
|
|
1999 CAI
|
4.7
|
6.6
|
12.1
|
2.2
|
|
2000 CAI
|
4.8
|
6.3
|
13.3
|
2.5
|
|
Past month use of cocaine
|
|
1995
|
0.7
|
0.8
|
2.1
|
0.4
|
|
1996
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
2.4
|
0.4
|
|
1997
|
0.7
|
0.9
|
2.4
|
0.3
|
|
1998
|
0.9
|
0.5
|
3.4
|
0.4
|
|
1999 CAI
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
2.9
|
0.3
|
|
2000 CAI
|
0.6
|
0.9
|
2.0
|
0.3
|
1Data on current employment are for persons age 18 and older.
2 In 1999, the survey methodology changed from a paper-and-pencil interview to a computer-assisted
interview (CAI). Estimates based on the new CAI methodology are not directly comparable to previous years.
3 Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or "other."
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Household Survey on
Drug Abuse (1995�2000).
