National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1998

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Description	This study is the sixth in a series of National Household Surveys to examine current awareness, attitudes and behaviour related to drugs and drug problems, usage of drugs, and to assess changes in these attitudes and usage over the period 1985-1998. The five earlier studies are Social Issues in Australia, 1985, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1988, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1991, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1993, and the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1995. A supplement was also carried out targeting the urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in 1994. As with the previous surveys in the series, the questionnaire asked respondents about their degree of concern regarding various social issues and drugs. A sealed section of the questionnaire allowed respondents to indicate their usage of each drug without the interviewer being aware of their answers. In addition, self-completion questionnaires were administered to two supplementary samples. The drugs covered were tobacco/cigarettes, alcohol, pain killers/analgesics, tranquillisers, steroids, barbiturates, marijuana, heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, hallucinogens, LSD, ecstasy/designer drugs and inhalants. This survey also includes extra questions on State and Territory regulations on Cannabis use, alcohol and drug related incidents and respondent's friends drug use, a section on Methadone, and the SF-36 survey instrument to enable a personal health 'score' for each respondent to be calculated. Background variables include state, geographic location, sex, date of birth, marital status, birthplace, language spoken at home, employment status, occupation, educational attainment, income and household descriptions. User Notice: NDSHS 1998 is no longer accessible. AIHW has gradually phased out pre-2001 data from analyses, as the methodology and questions are incompatible with later waves.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Attitudes, Drug abuse, Drugs, Health, Social problems
License/Data Use Agreement	Custom Dataset Terms

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Persistent Identifier	doi:10.4225/87/XJE0KQ
Publication Date	2018-02-20
Title	National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1998
Alternative URL	https://www.aihw.gov.au/about-our-data/our-data-collections/national-drug-strategy-household-survey/1998-national-drug-strategy-household-survey
Other Identifier	Australian Data Archive: 01016
Author	Williams, Paul (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
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Description	This study is the sixth in a series of National Household Surveys to examine current awareness, attitudes and behaviour related to drugs and drug problems, usage of drugs, and to assess changes in these attitudes and usage over the period 1985-1998. The five earlier studies are Social Issues in Australia, 1985, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1988, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1991, the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1993, and the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1995. A supplement was also carried out targeting the urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations in 1994. As with the previous surveys in the series, the questionnaire asked respondents about their degree of concern regarding various social issues and drugs. A sealed section of the questionnaire allowed respondents to indicate their usage of each drug without the interviewer being aware of their answers. In addition, self-completion questionnaires were administered to two supplementary samples. The drugs covered were tobacco/cigarettes, alcohol, pain killers/analgesics, tranquillisers, steroids, barbiturates, marijuana, heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, hallucinogens, LSD, ecstasy/designer drugs and inhalants. This survey also includes extra questions on State and Territory regulations on Cannabis use, alcohol and drug related incidents and respondent's friends drug use, a section on Methadone, and the SF-36 survey instrument to enable a personal health 'score' for each respondent to be calculated. Background variables include state, geographic location, sex, date of birth, marital status, birthplace, language spoken at home, employment status, occupation, educational attainment, income and household descriptions. User Notice: NDSHS 1998 is no longer accessible. AIHW has gradually phased out pre-2001 data from analyses, as the methodology and questions are incompatible with later waves.
Subject	Social Sciences
Keyword	Alcohol (APAIS) http://vocabularyserver.com/apais/index.php Alcohol abuse (APAIS) Attitudes (APAIS) Drug abuse (APAIS) Drugs (APAIS) Health (APAIS) Social problems (APAIS)
Topic Classification	Australian Studies Social Science Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
Language	English
Producer	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Australian Government) (AIHW) https://www.aihw.gov.au/ Roy Morgan Research Centre http://www.roymorgan.com/
Production Location	Canberra, Australia
Contributor	Data Collector : Roy Morgan Research Centre Funder : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Funding Information	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Distributor	Australian Data Archive (Australian National University) (ADA) http://www.anu.edu.au/
Depositor	Williams, Paul (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)
Time Period	Start Date: 1998-06-30 ; End Date: 1998-09-15
Date of Collection	Start Date: 1998-06-30 ; End Date: 1998-09-15
Data Type	Survey data
Series	National Drug Strategy Household Survey: The National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) collects information on alcohol and tobacco consumption, and illicit drug use among the general population in Australia. It also surveys people's attitudes and perceptions relating to tobacco, alcohol and other drug use. The survey has been conducted every 2 to 3 years since 1985. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has been collating and reporting on these surveys since 1998. The five earlier studies are Social Issues in Australia, 1985; the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1988; the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1991; the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Social Issues Survey, 1993; and the National Drug Strategy Household Survey, 1995.
Software	SPSS, Version: 24.0 Stata, Version: 12.0 SAS, Version: 9.4
Related Material	1998 National Drug Strategy Household Survey: detailed findings
Related Dataset	National Drug Strategy Household Surveys

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Geographic Coverage	Australia, National
Geographic Unit	Urban/Rural by State

Social Science and Humanities Metadata

Unit of Analysis	Individual
Universe	Persons aged over 14 years living in Australia (smaller islands excluded).
Time Method	Repeated cross-sectional study
Sampling Procedure	Multi-stage stratified random sample
Collection Mode	Sample 1: Personal Interview and Self Completion Questionnaire; Sample 2: Distribute and Collect; Sample 3: Distribute and Collect
Type of Research Instrument	Structured
Weighting	Four different sets of weights were calculated: - Sample 1 alone - Sample 1 and Sample 2 combined - Sample 3 alone - All three samples combined The sample was designed to provide (within each geographic stratum) a close-to-random sample of households. The selection of S1 and S3 respondents was designed to be unbiased. (The selection of the S2 respondents followed a different procedure, with a deliberate bias towards younger persons and is discussed separately below.) However, the resulting samples required weighting to correct for imbalances arising in the design and execution of the sampling. Each respondent was assigned a weight designed to counteract this imbalance overall. Where estimates are derived from the sample they are based on the weighted samples unless stated otherwise. The disproportionate sampling by region meant that it was necessary to attach lower weights to respondents from relatively over-sampled regions and higher weights to respondents from relatively under-sampled regions. Households were selected with equal probability, meaning that the probability of selection of an individual was inversely proportional to the number of persons aged 14+ in the household, this probability being taken into account in the calculation of the individual's weight, so that respondents in households of different sizes were represented in their due proportions. As an initial check on the sample composition, within each stratum the selected Census collector Districts (CCDs) were compared with all CCDs on a number of measures, using the results from the 1996 census. This revealed no material bias in the selection of CCDs. For detailed information on the weights for each sample and final adjustments to weights, please, refer to Section 6 of the Technical Report (see Related Materials).
Cleaning Operations	The data has been cleaned and checked for consistency before deposit by Roy Morgan Research and the Australian Insitute of Health and Welfare. If any overlooked errors are discovered, please, notify ADA and we will pass the information on to the data owners.
Response Rate	Successful contact was made with 15,366 households and a total number of 10,030 persons completed useable questionnaires. The final response rate including Sample 2 respondents (1,983) was 65% and, excluding Sample 2 respondents, the final response rate was 52%. For detailed information on the response rates for Sample 1, Sample 2 and Sample3, please, refer to Section 7 of the Technical Report (in Files tab).

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Citation Requirements All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:
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Disclaimer Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.

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