An Analysis of Worker Drug Use and Workplace Policies and Programs

APPENDIX A: DETAILED TABLES

Note: Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on five or more occasions in the previous 30 days.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A1.3 Trends in Percentage of Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Drug Use, by Employment Status, 1985-1994
	Current Illicit Drug Use							Past Year Illicit Drug Use							Heavy Alcohol Use
Employment Status	1985	1988	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1985	1988	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1985	1988	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
Total	16.5	10.2	8.9	8.9	8.0	8.1	8.4	26.5	19.5	18.4	17.4	16.0	16.6	15.9	8.5	6.5	6.8	7.6	7.0	7.0	8.3
Full-time	17.5	10.4	8.6	7.9	7.4	7.7	7.6	25.5	18.9	17.9	14.8	13.9	14.8	13.9	11.2	8.1	8.6	8.5	7.8	8.5	8.4
Part-time	15.8	12.1	10.6	10.8	8.7	10.6	9.0	22.8	18.7	16.5	16.4	16.6	17.8	17.1	7.4	7.3	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.4	7.0
Unemployed	27.6	20.5	15.5	18.7	16.6	14.0	16.2	35.8	27.1	25.7	29.4	25.7	21.9	32.3	6.9	7.8	6.4	11.1	10.7	11.5	10.8

Note: Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on five or more occasions during the previous 30 days.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: 1985-1994-B.

Table A1.4Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Various Workplace Outcomes, by Current Illicit Drug and Heavy Alcohol Use, 1994
	Current Illicit Drug Use			Heavy Alcohol Use
Workplace Outcome	Yes	No		Yes	No
Worked for three or more employers in the past year	32.1	17.9		27.1	18.1
Missed two or more days of work in the past month due to illness or injury	11.6	9.9		10.3	10.1
Skipped one or more days of work in the past month	12.1	6.1		10.9	6.2
Voluntarily Left an employer in the past year	25.8	13.6		21.7	13.7
Fired by an employer in the past year	4.6	1.4		3.6	1.4
Had a workplace accident in the past year	7.5	5.5		7.6	5.5

Note: Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on five or more occasions in the

past 30 days.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A2.2-3Percentage and Estimated Number of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Current Illicit Drug and Heavy Alcohol Use, by Demographic Characteristics, 1994
	Current Illicit Drug Use			Heavy Alcohol Use			Total
Demographic Characteristic	Percent	Estimated Number		Percent	Estimated Number		Percent	Estimated Number
Total	7.6	5,968,000		8.4	6,576,000		100.0	78,737,000
Age Group 18-25 26-34 35-49	12.4 8.6 5.4	1,590,000 2,158,000 2,221,000		13.6 8.9 6.3	1,753,000 2,234,000 2,589,000		16.3 31.8 51.9	12,858,000 25,010,000 40,869,000
Gender Male Female	9.3 5.2	4,290,000 1,679,000		11.9 3.3	5,509,000 1,067,000		58.9 41.1	46,365,000 32,372,000
Race/Ethnicity White Black Hispanic	8.3 6.5 5.6	4,899,000 561,000 424,000		8.9 5.2 8.8	5,253,000 451,000 662,000		78.5 11.5 10.0	59,240,000 8,682,000 7,526,000
Education Less than high school High school graduate Some college College graduate	9.7 8.3 7.5 6.1	886,000 2,173,000 1,475,000 1,434,000		13.2 10.0 8.3 4.7	1,209,000 2,621,000 1,634,000 1,112,000		11.6 33.3 24.9 30.1	9,172,000 26,250,000 19,640,000 23,675,000
Region Northeast North Central South West	7.6 7.4 8.2 6.7	1,078,000 1,395,000 2,349,000 1,146,000		8.1 11.1 8.4 5.6	1,138,000 2,078,000 2,391,000 969,000		17.9 23.8 36.4 21.9	14,120,000 18,751,000 28,628,000 17,238,000
Personal Income Less than $9,000 $9,000-$19,999 $20,000-$39,999 $40,000-$74,999 $75,000 or more	13.3 9.6 6.1 4.3 12.1	921,000 2,152,000 1,850,000 653,000 301,000		9.4 10.5 7.1 7.9 5.7	651,000 2,354,000 2,158,000 1,199,000 142,000		8.9 28.8 39.6 19.5 3.2	7,039,000 22,697,000 31,157,000 15,319,000 2,525,000

Note: Subtotals may not sum to totals due to missing values on the demographic variables and

rounding error. Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on five or more

occasions in the past 30 days.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A3.1-2Percentage and Estimated Number of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Current Illicit Drug and Heavy Alcohol Use, by Establishment Size, 1994
	Current Illicit Drug Use			Heavy Alcohol Use			Total Full-Time Workers
Establishment Size	Percent	Estimated Number		Percent	Estimated Number		Percent	Estimated Number
Total	7.6	5,895,000		8.4	6,568,000		100.0	77,842,000
1-24 Employees	11.0	3,336,000		9.6	2,896,000		38.9	30,251,000
25-499 Employees	5.4	1,783,000		7.9	2,626,000		42.7	33,234,000
500+ Employees	5.4	776,000		7.3	1,046,000		18.4	14,357,000

Note: Subtotals may not sum to totals due to rounding error. The estimated numbers in this table differ from the estimated

numbers found in other tables due to missing values on the establishment size variable. Heavy alcohol use is defined as

drinking five or more drinks on five or more occasions in the past 30 days.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A5.1Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting That Their Workplace Provides Information, Has a Written Policy, or Provides Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Concerning Drug or Alcohol Use, by Establishment Size and Current Illicit Drug Use, 1994
	Information About Drug and Alcohol Use				Written Policy About Drug and Alcohol Use				Employee Assistance Program
Establishment Size	Tota l	Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use		Total	Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use		Total	Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use
Total	74.4	62.1	75.2		69.7	57.3	70.6		49.9	34.5	51.3
1-24 Employees	51.2	43.2	52.2		45.4	38.3	46.3		24.4	14.8	25.6
25-499 Employees	86.7	84.5	86.9		82.2	77.8	82.4		59.2	48.9	59.8
500+ Employees	93.8	92.3	93.9		91.3	91.6	91.3		82.5	86.2	82.3

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A5.2-4Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting That Their Workplace Provides Information, Has a Written Policy, or Maintains an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Concerning Drug or Alcohol Use, by Occupation Categories, 1994
Occupation Category	Information About Drug or Alcohol Use	Written Policy About Drug or Alcohol Use	Employee Assistance Program
Total	74.4	69.7	49.9
Executive, Administrative & Managerial	77.4	72.1	54.9
Professional Specialty	84.1	77.3	61.1
Technicians & Related Support	83.7	81.4	62.7
Sales	64.4	59.8	37.2
Administrative Support	77.2	72.8	59.5
Protective Service	97.2	94.6	85.7
Food Preparation, Waitstaff & Bartenders	62.1	57.1	20.1
Other Service	69.9	63.2	38.2
Precision Production & Repair	36.1	25.4	10.5
Construction	68.9	64.3	45.9
Extractive & Precision Production	56.9	54.8	24.6
Machine Operators & Inspectors	77.2	72.4	53.6
Transportation & Material Moving	76.1	73.6	52.9
Handlers, Helpers & Laborers	87.2	84.6	55.2

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A6.1-2Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Workplace Drug Testing Programs, by Establishment Size, 1994
Establishment Size	Any Testing Program	At Hiring	Random	Upon Suspicion	Post-Accident
Total	43.7	35.0	20.4	27.8	22.6
1-24 Employees	22.5	16.1	10.7	12.5	11.3
25-499 Employees	52.2	42.5	25.1	33.6	28.4
500+ Employees	68.4	57.6	30.1	46.5	33.4

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A6.3Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting Workplace Drug Testing Programs, by Type of Program and Current Illicit Drug Use, 1994
Type of Program	Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use
Any	33.7	44.4
At hiring	24.5	35.8
On a random basis	12.3	21.1
Upon reasonable suspicion	23.2	28.1
Following a work-related accident	19.3	22.9

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

Table A6.4Percentage of Full-Time Workers, Age 18-49, Reporting That They Would Be LESS LIKELY to Work for an Employer Who Tests for Drug Use in Various Circumstances, by Establishment Size and Current Illicit Drug Use, 1994
	Tests for Drugs at Hiring			Tests for Drugs Randomly			Tests for Drugs Upon Suspicion			Tests for Drugs Post-Accident
Establishmen t Size	Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use		Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use		Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use		Current Illicit Drug Use	No Current Illicit Drug Use
Total	29.8	5.9		40.4	11.6		31.2	13.7		14.4	5.9
1-24 Employees	29.4	6.4		38.1	10.3		31.7	13.1		15.2	5.9
25-499 Employees	30.5	5.5		41.3	11.7		30.9	13.4		14.9	5.9
500+ Employees	28.8	5.9		47.7	14.1		29.6	16.0		9.7	6.0

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1994-B.

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