Table 2.9
Admissions (age 18 and over) by employment status and education: TEDS 1993-1998 and U.S. population 1998 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2.]
Characteristic	TEDS admissions (age 18 and over)												U.S. population (age 18 and over)
	Unadjusted						Adjusted for age, sex, & race/ethnicity1
	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1998
Total admissions age 18 and over	1,473,290	1,512,796	1,499,584	1,458,278	1,391,496	1,413,016
Employment status
Employed	33.7	33.6	33.8	34.3	34.5	34.9	29.3	28.9	29.0	29.2	29.3	29.0	65.2
Full time	26.9	27.0	27.2	27.4	27.5	27.7	22.4	22.1	22.2	22.2	22.3	22.1	55.1
Part time	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.8	7.0	7.1	6.9	6.8	6.8	7.0	7.1	6.9	10.1
Unemployed	28.9	28.2	27.4	27.0	27.3	26.7	22.6	22.1	21.5	21.4	21.8	21.7	2.9
Not in labor force	37.5	38.2	38.8	38.8	38.2	38.4	48.1	49.1	49.5	49.5	48.9	49.3	31.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of admissions	1,400,664	1,452,246	1,442,173	1,413,748	1,352,306	1,351,981
Highest school grade completed
0 to 8	7.8	7.6	7.1	6.9	6.7	6.8	10.5	10.1	9.7	9.7	9.6	10.0	6.8
9 to 11	28.9	28.7	28.9	28.4	28.5	28.2	24.7	24.3	24.4	23.8	23.7	23.4	11.0
12 (or GED)	42.7	42.9	43.3	43.9	43.7	43.9	40.4	40.9	41.2	41.8	41.9	41.8	33.5
Over 12	20.6	20.8	20.7	20.9	21.0	21.2	24.4	24.7	24.6	24.7	24.8	24.8	48.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
No. of admissions	1,441,391	1,477,042	1,465,620	1,432,488	1,368,678	1,364,123
1 Adjusted for age, sex, and race/ethnicity to the U.S. resident population.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) - 3.31.00. Employment: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor. Education: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Report P20-513, Educational Attainment in the United States, March 1998. Table 1.