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Thursday, October 25, 2007

Marital Status and Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions, 2005


Highlights:

  • Based on SAMHSA's 2005 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS), 52% of the substance abuse treatment admissions aged 25 to 44 had never married, 28% were formerly married, and 20% were currently married.
  • Based on the 2000 Census for persons aged 25 to 44 in the nation as a whole, 25% had never married, 14% were formerly married, and 61% were currently married.
  • Substance abuse treatment admissions who had never married (44%) were more likely than those were formerly (39%) or currently married (36%) to report daily use of their primary substance.
  • Substance abuse treatment admissions who had never married were more likely to have extensive treatment histories and less likely to be entering substance abuse treatment for the first time than other substance abuse treatment admissions aged 25 to 44 in 2005.
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