2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results

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Drug statistics series no. 20

2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: first results presents summary data collected in Australia's most comprehensive national survey of drug use and related issues. Comparisons with previous surveys are presented, along with population estimates of the numbers of consumers of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drugs. Key results on drug-related awareness, knowledge and behaviour are features of this report. This report is the 20th in the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's Drug Statistics Series. Future reports in the series will cover extended analysis of the 2007 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.

Authored by AIHW.

Published 27 April 2008; ISSN 1442-7230; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 774 0; AIHW cat. no. PHE 98; 136pp.; FREE

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Full publication (without questionnaire: 275KB PDF; with questionnaire: 16.9MB PDF)1

  • Preliminary material (82KB PDF)
    • Half title and verso pages
    • Title and verso pages
    • Foreword
    • Contents
    • Abbreviations, symbols and definitions
    • Summary
      • The 2007 National Drug Strategy Household Survey
      • Tobacco
      • Alcohol
      • Illicit drugs
  • Sections
    1. Introduction
      • The National Drug Strategy
      • Drug-related costs
      • About the 2007 survey
      • About this report
    2. Overview - the status of drug use in 2007 (82KB PDF)
      • Drugs recently used (in the last 12 months)
      • Drugs ever used Age of initiation-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
      • Support for increased penalties for the sale or supply of illicit drugs
      • Nominal distribution of a drugs budget
    3. Consumption patterns (157KB PDF)
      • Tobacco
      • Alcohol
      • Illicit drugs
        • Any illicit drug
        • Marijuana/cannabis use
        • Heroin
        • Meth/amphetamine
        • Ecstasy
        • Inhalants
        • Cocaine
        • Source of supply
    4. Community support for drug-related policy (58KB PDF)
      • Tobacco
      • Alcohol
      • Marijuana/cannabis
      • Heroin
    5. Harm and psychological distress associated with drug use (73KB PDF)
      • Perpetrators of drug-related harm
      • Victims of drug-related harm
      • Psychological distress and patterns of drug use
    6. Explanatory notes (75KB PDF)
      • Scope
      • Methodology
      • Estimation procedures
      • Response rates
      • Reliability of estimates
      • Definitions
      • Comparability with previous surveys
  • End matter
    • Appendixes (appendixes 1-4: 72KB PDF; appendix 5: 16.80MB PDF)
      1. Membership of the Technical Advisory Group
      2. Standard errors
      3. Population estimates
      4. Survey-related materials
        • References
        • Other statistics
        • Access to confidentialised unit record files (CURF)
      5. The questionnaire

Notes and corrections

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  1. Corrections have been made to pages 32,33,34 and 36 (29 April 2008).