Washington DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study Homeless and Transient Population (DC-MADST-1991)

<p>The DC Metropolitan Area Drug Study (DC<em>MADS) was<br /> conducted in 1991, and included special analyses of homeless and<br /> transient populations and of women delivering live births in the DC<br /> hospitals. DC</em>MADS was undertaken to assess the full extent of the<br /> drug problem in one metropolitan area. The study was comprised of 16<br /> separate studies that focused on different sub-groups, many of which<br /> are typically not included or are underrepresented in household<br /> surveys. The Homeless and Transient Population<br /> study examines the prevalence of illicit drug, alcohol, and tobacco<br /> use among members of the homeless and transient population aged 12 and<br /> older in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Statistical Area (DC<br /> MSA). The sample frame included respondents from shelters, soup<br /> kitchens and food banks, major cluster encampments, and literally<br /> homeless people. Data from the questionnaires include history of<br /> homelessness, living arrangements and population movement, tobacco,<br /> drug, and alcohol use, consequences of use, treatment history, illegal<br /> behavior and arrest, emergency room treatment and hospital stays,<br /> physical and mental health, pregnancy, insurance, employment and<br /> finances, and demographics. Drug specific data include age at first<br /> use, route of administration, needle use, withdrawal symptoms,<br /> polysubstance use, and perceived risk.This study has 1 Data Set.</p>