Survey data on socioeconomic demographics of drug-free families living in high-risk drug environments in East Coast States of Peninsular Malaysia

The dataset represents the socioeconomic demographic of drug-free families living in a high-risk drug environment in East Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia. The purposive sampling technique was used to choose among drug free families living in high drug environment, have children aged between 13 and 17 and none of the family members involved in any substance abuse cases via face-to-face interview questionnaires between 3rd April 2021 and 8th April 2021, gathering a total of 200 responses. The survey assessing socioeconomic demographic information (14 items) and involvement in drug prevention programs (8 items). The survey data was analyzed using descriptive analysis through frequencies and percentages. The data will assist the government, policymakers, and researchers to improve the content and delivery of family-based drug prevention programs and improve family awareness on risk and protective factors towards preventing drug abuse among youths.


a b s t r a c t
The dataset represents the socioeconomic demographic of drug-free families living in a high-risk drug environment in East Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.The purposive sampling technique was used to choose among drug free families living in high drug environment, have children aged between 13 and 17 and none of the family members involved in any substance abuse cases via face-to-face interview questionnaires between 3rd April 2021 and 8th April 2021, gathering a total of 200 responses.The survey assessing socioeconomic demographic information (14 items) and involvement in drug prevention programs (8 items).The survey data was analyzed using descriptive analysis through frequencies and percentages.The data will assist the government, policymak-ers, and researchers to improve the content and delivery of family-based drug prevention programs and improve family awareness on risk and protective factors towards preventing drug abuse among youths.
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Value of the Data
• The data are important because this is the first survey that analyzed the characteristics of drug free families living in high-risk drug environments in east coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.• The data represents the involvement of families in drug prevention programs organized by various agencies in Malaysia.• The data will be useful for researchers who want to compare with similar studies related to families and drug-related studies.• The dataset will help stimulate in-depth research on parents' risk and protective factors in preventing their family members from engaging in any substance abuse activities.
• The data contributes important information for the government, policymakers, and researchers to improve the content and delivery of family-based drug prevention programs.• The objective of this survey data is to provide meaningful information regarding the socioeconomic demographic of drug free parents living in high risk drug environment and their involvement in drug prevention programs.

Background
The objective of this survey data is to provide meaningful information regarding the socioeconomic demographic of drug free parents living in high risk drug environment and their involvement in drug prevention programs.

Data Description
The data set provides insightful information based on a survey related to the socioeconomic demographics of drug-free parents living in high-risk environments and their involvement  [ 1 ], parents' interest towards drug prevention program and reasons for involvement [ 2,3 ].Each question regarding parent involvement is rated on a nominal scale in such a way that scores are given for 'Yes' for parents who involved in drug prevention programs and 'No' for parents who never involved in any drug prevention programs.Further questions regarding the reasons for parents involved in drug prevention programs are rated by seeking new information, increasing knowledge, and availability while reasons for parents who never got involved in drug prevention programs are rated by commitment and health condition ( Table 1 ).

Experimental Design, Materials and Methods
This research adopted a cross-sectional survey method to determine the socioeconomic demographics of drug-free parents living in a high-risk drug environment and their participation in drug prevention programs.
The study locations were chosen based on specific high-risk areas with high crime rates, social problems, and a high number of drug addicts, as identified by the authorized drug agency.In addition, since the study sample was selected using purposive sampling, the researcher directly consulted with local authorities to ensure they met the study's requirement, namely, that none of family members were currently involved or had a history of involvement with drug addiction.The data set contains 200 responses from the head of the household that were collected via face-to-face interviews from 3rd to 8th April 2021.Purposive technique was used to select the respondents.The inclusion criteria were; (i) drug free family lives in high-risk drug environment (high crime rates, social problems, and a high number of drug addicts) (ii) family with teenagers aged between 13 and 17 (iii) none of the family members involved in any drug activities.A total of 210 responses were received, but 10 responses were eliminated due to not met the criteria.Finally, 200 responses were used for further analysis.The data on drug prevention and intervention programs conducted by agencies was collected from the National Anti-Drug Agency website.The data were analyzed using descriptive analysis via frequencies and percentages ( Tables 2 and 3 ).

Limitations
The data from respondents contains more males than females due to the focus of this study on the head of the family.editing; Nor Hayati Sa'at: Methodology, Software, Formal analysis; Nurul Nabila Syaqira Hanizam: Formal analysis, Software; Khuzaimah Mustapa: Formal analysis, Software; Nur Ameera Rushdi: Resources; Engku Nurnajihah Che Ku Muda: Resources; Suzaily Wahab: Writing -review & editing.
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Table 1
Socioeconomic demographic characteristics of the participants ( n = 200).The survey involved 200 families living in high-risk drug environments located in East Coast states of Peninsular Malaysia.The data includes a significant group of variables (A) socioeconomic demographic including; gender, age, race, marital status, place of current residents, number of children, number of children in primary school, number of children in secondary school, number of working children, number of children with disabilities, number of household members, level of education and employment categories, (B) parents involvement in drug prevention programs organised by various agencies including National Anti-Drug Agency, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Youth and Sport, The National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), Department of Information (Ministry of Communications and Multimedia), Department of National Unity and National Integration (Ministry of National Unity) and Non-Government Organisation (NGOs)

Table 2
Respondent's involvement in drug prevention programs in Malaysia.

Table 3
Interest in drug prevention program.