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- Title
SSI receipt and alcohol and other drug use among former SSI DA&A beneficiaries.
- Authors
Speiglman, Richard; Norris, Jean; Kappagoda, Shanthi; Green, Rex S.; Martinovich, Zoran
- Abstract
Examines how loss of Supplemental Security Income in the U.S. affected the use of alcohol and illegal drugs among the welfare recipients. Percentage of respondents reporting neither drinking nor illegal drug use at baseline; Prevalence of illegal drug use among the study sample; Association of higher levels of substance abuse with younger age.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SUPPLEMENTAL security income program; DRUG abuse; ALCOHOLISM; WELFARE recipients
- Publication
Contemporary Drug Problems, 2003, Vol 30, Issue 1/2, p291
- ISSN
0091-4509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00914509030301-212