2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results
'2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results' presents summary data collected in Australia's most comprehensive national survey on drug issues. Key results on drug-related awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour are features of this report. Comparisons with 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2001 surveys are presented and population estimates of the numbers of consumers of both licit and illicit substances are also provided.This report is the 13th in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Drug statistics series. Future reports in the series will cover extended analysis of the 2004 results and a comprehensive summary of major drug use statistical collections. This report and others in the series are useful resources for policy makers, researchers and professionals interested in drug-related issues.
ISSN 1442-7230; ISBN 978 1 74024 464 0; Cat. no. PHE 57; 141pp.; FREE
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Publication table of contents
- Preliminary material (210K PDF)
- Title and verso pages
- Foreword
- Contents
- List of tables
- Summary
- The 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Illicit drugs
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations and symbols
- Sections (328K PDF)
- Introduction
- The National Drug Strategy
- Drug-related costs
- About the 2004 survey
- Comparison with previous surveys
- About this report
- Overview - the status of drug use in 2004
- Drugs recently used (in the last 12 months)
- Age of initiation - ever use
- Drugs ever used
- Availability of drugs
- Drugs thought to be associated with a drug 'problem'
- Acceptability of drug use
- Support for the legalisation of illicit drugs
- Nominal distribution of a drugs budget
- Support for increased penalties for the sale or supply of illicit drugs
- Consumption patterns
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Illicit drugs
- Community support for drug-related policy
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Marijuana
- Heroin
- Drug-related harm
- Perpetrators of drug-related harm
- Victims of drug-related harm
- Psychological distress and patterns of drug use
- Explanatory notes
- Scope
- Methodology
- Estimation procedures
- Response rates
- Sample disposition
- Reliability of estimates
- Definitions
- Comparability with previous surveys
- End matter
Recommended citation
AIHW 2005. 2004 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results. Drug statistics series no. 13. Cat. no. PHE 57. Canberra: AIHW.