Substance Use Among Military-Connected Youth The California Healthy Kids Survey

Young people in military-connected families may be exposed to negative stressors, related to family member deployment, and as such be more likely to engage in substance use. An examination of the prevalence and associations of lifetime and recent substance use in youth who were either connected or not connected to the military was conducted. Data were drawn from a subsample of the 2011 California Healthy Kids Survey (N = 14,149) given in Southern California.