This is the eleventh in a series of surveys auspices by the National Drug Strategy (and its predecessors) and the sixth to be conducted by the AIHW. It is a national household survey of non-institutionalised persons aged 12 years and over. There were 23,855 completed responses in 2013. Fieldwork was conducted by Roy Morgan Research.

Collection details
Variables to support reporting and linkage
  • Age group
  • Sex/gender
  • Indigenous status
  • RA
  • SA1
  • SA2
  • SA3
  • SA4
  • SEIFA

Temporal coverage 

from 31/7/2013 to 1/12/2013

Geographical coverage

National and State

Data availability

  • Publications
  • Summary tables published in electronic form
  • Statistics

Client specified tables on request which may be subject to data provider approval (charges apply).

Restricted unit record access subject to Ethics Committee approval and/or the agreement of all relevant data custodians in all states and territories (charges may apply).

Data scope 

Private dwellings from people aged 12 years or older. Excluded from sampling were non-private dwellings (hotels, motels, boarding houses, etc.) and institutional settings (hospitals, nursing homes, other clinical settings such as drug and alcohol rehabilitation centres, prisons, military establishments and university halls of residence). Homeless persons were also excluded as well as the territories of Jervis Bay, Christmas Island and Cocos Island.

Methodology 

Survey

Metadata information 

National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2013 – Data Quality Statement

(METEOR 558897)

External links, data quality statement (DQS) and information

National Drug Strategy Household Survey detailed report: 2013

Contact

[email protected]