Table 2.
NSDUH & NESARC Sample Description, Chi-Squared Comparison Across Groups
| NSDUH, n=143016 | NESARC, n=42392 | ||||||||
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| Age | Whites | Blacks | Asians | Latinos | Whites | Blacks | Asians | Latinos | |
| 18 - 34 years old | 27.22 | 35.81 | 39.97 | 46.51 *** | 27.63 | 36.42 | 40.53 | 47.86 *** | |
| 35 - 49 years old | 29.89 | 32.47 | 32.51 | 30.85 | 30.89 | 32.76 | 31.60 | 30.57 | |
| 50 - 64 years old | 24.07 | 20.14 | 18.32 | 14.91 | 22.66 | 19.08 | 18.14 | 13.90 | |
| 65 years old or more | 18.82 | 11.58 | 9.21 | 7.72 | 18.82 | 11.74 | 9.74 | 7.66 | |
| Sex | |||||||||
| Male | 48.20 | 44.49 | 47.12 | 51.18 *** | 48.07 | 43.75 | 48.26 | 50.88 *** | |
| Female | 51.80 | 55.51 | 52.88 | 48.82 | 51.93 | 56.25 | 51.74 | 49.12 | |
| Income | |||||||||
| <10k | 5.49 | 14.19 | 6.87 | 10.06 *** | 8.01 | 16.73 | 9.60 | 12.71 *** | |
| 10k - 20k | 10.14 | 19.24 | 8.00 | 20.40 | 12.03 | 17.89 | 11.52 | 21.67 | |
| 20k - 30k | 11.22 | 15.37 | 9.49 | 17.06 | 12.34 | 15.25 | 11.24 | 17.84 | |
| 30k - 40k | 12.01 | 13.69 | 9.47 | 14.81 | 12.58 | 13.43 | 12.76 | 13.68 | |
| 40k - 50k | 12.14 | 10.99 | 12.11 | 12.29 | 10.47 | 10.46 | 8.55 | 9.18 | |
| 50k - 75k | 19.81 | 13.32 | 19.23 | 12.93 | 19.86 | 14.97 | 20.58 | 14.26 | |
| 75k+ | 29.20 | 13.19 | 34.83 | 12.46 | 24.71 | 11.28 | 25.76 | 10.66 | |
| Marital | |||||||||
| Married | 60.03 | 36.10 | 60.85 | 54.04 *** | 64.16 | 42.18 | 66.68 | 62.55 *** | |
| Widowed | 6.72 | 6.97 | 4.06 | 3.54 | 7.10 | 6.97 | 5.19 | 3.14 | |
| Divorced or Separated | 12.90 | 18.14 | 6.28 | 12.53 | 10.75 | 15.54 | 4.18 | 9.70 | |
| Never been married | 20.35 | 38.79 | 28.81 | 29.89 | 17.99 | 35.31 | 23.95 | 24.60 | |
| Education | |||||||||
| Less than HS | 12.69 | 21.64 | 7.86 | 41.04 *** | 11.30 | 19.44 | 13.01 | 38.72 *** | |
| HS | 32.69 | 36.31 | 17.46 | 28.12 | 30.15 | 32.22 | 17.55 | 25.46 | |
| Some College | 25.98 | 26.45 | 22.43 | 18.99 | 31.15 | 32.41 | 23.86 | 23.90 | |
| College Graduate | 28.64 | 15.61 | 52.25 | 11.85 | 27.40 | 15.92 | 45.58 | 11.91 | |
| Insurance | |||||||||
| No | 10.44 | 16.78 | 13.17 | 33.11 *** | 14.83 | 22.93 | 23.24 | 38.24 *** | |
| Yes | 89.56 | 83.22 | 86.83 | 66.89 | 85.17 | 77.07 | 76.76 | 61.76 | |
| Perceived need | |||||||||
| No | 99.41 | 99.10 | 99.87 | 99.09 *** | |||||
| Yes | 0.59 | 0.90 | 0.13 | 0.91 | |||||
| Lifetime Substance | |||||||||
| No | 63.94 | 77.08 | 87.19 | 77.22 *** | |||||
| Yes | 36.06 | 22.92 | 12.81 | 22.78 | |||||
| Past Year Substance | |||||||||
| No | 90.71 | 90.73 | 94.57 | 89.91 *** | 90.21 | 91.86 | 94.72 | 91.39 *** | |
| Yes | 9.29 | 9.27 | 5.43 | 10.09 | 9.79 | 8.14 | 5.28 | 8.61 | |
| Heavy Drink/Any Use Drugs without Past Year Substance disorder | |||||||||
| No | 91.85 | 94.30 | 95.57 | 92.27 *** | 94.81 | 94.99 | 94.95 | 93.71 | |
| Yes | 8.15 | 5.70 | 4.43 | 7.73 | 5.19 | 5.01 | 5.05 | 6.29 | |
| Use of Specialty Treatment | |||||||||
| No | 99.03 | 98.28 | 99.76 | 98.92 *** | 99.06 | 98.93 | 99.29 | 99.14 | |
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