Table 32: Drug Abuse Problems Affecting Capacity to Meet Basic Needs
No.
Proportion of Survey
Respondents to this
Question
Proportion of
All Survey
Respondents
Always able to meet basic needs
8
32%
3.1%
Sometimes unable to meet basic needs
12
48%
4.7%
Frequently unable to meet basic needs
5
20%
1.9%
Total
25
100%
9.8%
The majority of these households (65%, n=17) who had a member with a drug/substance abuse problem in 2014 had sought
assistance from specialist services in the past 12 months. This is consistent with the results from the 2010 survey where 65% of
respondents with a drug-using household member had also accessed specialist services. Consistent with the 2010 survey, in 2014
the most common type of specialist assistance sought for this group of respondents was counselling / case management (42.3%,
n=11). Compared to 2010 (2.5%, n=1), a larger number of the respondents in 2014 with a drug-using household member had
sought assistance with housing-related services (34.6%, n=9).
TABLE 33: HOUSEHOLDS WITH DRUG ABUSE PROBLEMS ACCESSING SPECIALIST SERVICES
Type of assistance
No.
Proportion
Counselling/Case Management
11
42.3%
Housing
9
34.6%
Legal
7
26.9%
Mental Health
7
26.9%
Utility Relief Grants
6
23.1%
Housing advice / assistance
5
19.2%
Financial
4
15.4%
Employment / Retraining
3
11.5%
Educational
3
11.5%
Social security advice
3
11.5%
Total (accessing any type of specialist
service)
17
65.4%
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