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NHSDA REPORT: YOUTHS’ CHOICE OF CONSULTANT FOR SERIOUS PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUBSTANCE USE February 14, 2003
Figure 1. Estimated Numbers (in Millions) of Youths Aged Figure 2. Percentages of Youths Aged 12 to 17 Reporting
12 to 17 Reporting Persons to Whom They Would Turn for Persons to Whom They Would Turn for a Discussion
a Discussion About a Serious Problem: 1999 About a Serious Problem, by Age: 1999
Friend or 73.3
76.5
Sibling Friend or 70.2
60.1 57.8
Sibling 56.8
65.5 54.9
Mother
61.7
65.3
35.1 56.4
Father Mother 55.0
45.9
60.5
47.7 61.4
Other Adult*
42.4 45.1
39.8
Boyfriend or 33.4 Father 30.6
Girlfriend 23.5 31.6
29.4
3.9
Nobody Female 48.5
5.4 37.9
Male Other Adult* 36.9
33.3
42.5
30.9
Boyfriend or 21.0
31.0
Girlfriend 22.6 Race/Ethnicity
Figure Notes 24.5
White
Note (all figures): Respondents were asked to mark all the persons they might 4.3
talk to about a serious problem; thus, these categories are not mutually
Asian
5.9
exclusive. Respondents who did not indicate any of the choices have been Nobody 4.5 American Indian/
excluded. 5.0 Alaska Native
5.7 Hispanic
* Other adult includes grandparents, teacher/principal/coach, therapist/
psychiatrist, or pastor/clergy/church/church group. Black
Source (all figures): SAMHSA 1999 NHSDA
The National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) is an annual 0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
survey sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). The 1999 data are based on information ob- Friend or 4.5
tained from nearly 70,000 persons aged 12 or older. The survey collects
15.8
Sibling 31.0
data by administering questionnaires to a representative sample of the
population through face-to-face interviews at their place of residence. 2.6
Mother 11.6
The NHSDA Report is prepared by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS), 24.8
SAMHSA, and by RTI in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
2.2 Age Group
Information and data for this issue are based on the following publication Father 10.1
and statistics: 23.2 12 or 13
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2000). 3.4 14 or 15
Summary of findings from the 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Other Adult* 11.3 16 or 17
Abuse (DHHS Publication No. SMA 00-3466). Rockville, MD: Author. 22.9
Also available on-line: http://www.DrugAbuseStatistics.samhsa.gov Boyfriend or 7.4
19.7
Tables available upon request. Girlfriend 32.2
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES 6.7
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration Nobody 22.0
Office of Applied Studies
www.samhsa.gov 28.8