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National Pregnancy and Health Survey: Drug Use Among Women Delivering Live Births, 1992

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse

Summary: The primary objective of the National Pregnancy and Health Survey (NPHS) was to produce national annual estimates of the percentages and numbers of mothers of live newborns in the United States who used selected licit and illicit drugs in the 12 months prior to delivery. A further objective was to describe patterns of prenatal substance use among demographic subgroups of women. Information on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, obstetric history, and drug treatment of women who delive... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02835.v2

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