Worker Drug Use and Workplace Policies and Programs: Results from the 1994 and 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Worker Drug Use and Workplace Policies and Programs: Results from the 1994 and 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Table of Contents (TOC)

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LIST OF FIGURES

TITLE PAGE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

Characteristics of Full-time Workers Age 18-49
Workplace Outcomes
Workplace Information, Policies about Drug and Alcohol Use, and Employee Assistance Programs
Workplace Drug Testing Programs

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Summary of NHSDA Methodology
1.2 The Nature of the Problem
1.3 Type of Current Illicit Drug Use
1.4 Limitations of the Data
1.5 Overview of Chapter Contents

CHAPTER 2: CURRENT ILLICIT DRUG USE AND HEAVY ALCOHOL USE B DEMOGRAPHIC, AND WORKPLACE CHARACTERISTICS

2.1 Demographic Characteristics of Workers Reporting Current Illicit Drug and Heavy Alcohol Use

Current Illicit Drug Use
Heavy Alcohol Use
The Co-occurrence of Current Illicit Drug Use and Heavy Alcohol Use

2.2 Establishment Size
2.3 Occupation
2.4 Discussion

CHAPTER 3: CURRENT ILLICIT DRUG USE AND HEAVY ALCOHOL USE AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS WITH WORKPLACE OUTCOMES

3.1 Drug Use Status and Workplace Outcomes
3.2 Discussion of Substance Abuse and Workplace Outcomes

CHAPTER 4: WORKPLACE INFORMATION, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE

4.1 Overview
4.2 Current Illicit Drug Use and Workplace Information, Policies, and Programs
4.3 Current Heavy Alcohol Use and Workplace Information, Policies, and Programs
4.4 Occupation and Workplace Information, Policies, and Programs
4.5 Discussion

CHAPTER 5: WORKPLACE DRUG TESTING PROGRAMS

5.1 Employees Exposed to Workplace Drug Testing Programs
5.2 Occupations and Drug Testing Programs
5.3 Establishment Size and Drug Use Testing Programs
5.4 Current Illicit Drug Use and Reports of Workplace Drug Testing Programs
5.5 Employees= Tendencies to Work for An Employer Who Tests for Drugs
5.6 Occupation and the Likelihood to Work for an Employer Who Tests for Drugs
5.7 Discussion

CHAPTER 6: MULTIVARIATE MODELS OF CURRENT ILLICIT DRUG USE AND CURRENT HEAVY ALCOHOL USE AMONG FULL-TIME WORKERS

6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sociodemographic Characteristics Related to Illicit Drug Use
6.3 Workplace Information, Policies, and Drug Testing Related to Drug Use
6.4 Sociodemographic Characteristics and Current Heavy Alcohol Use
6.5 Workplace Information, Policies, and Drug Testing Related to Heavy Alcohol Use
6.6 Discussion

CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS

7.1 Trends between 1994 and 1997
7.2 Differences between Workers in 1994 and Workers in 1997

Illicit Drug Use
Heavy Alcohol Use
Establishment Size
Occupation

7.3 Further Conclusions from Multivariate Analyses
7.4 Limitations of Data
7.5 Policy Implications and Recommendations for Future Research

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: STANDARD ERROR TABLES

APPENDIX B: NHSDA METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA

APPENDIX C: 1997 NHSDA EMPLOYMENT QUESTIONAIRE ITEMS AND WORKPLACE MODULE

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