Table 2.10a Admissions by employment status (aged 16 and over) and education (aged 18 and over): TEDS 1997-2007 and U.S. population 2007 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excludes Puerto Rico). See Table 4.2a.]
Employment status and education	TEDS admissions												U.S. population
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007		2007
Total admissions aged 16 and over	1,545,163	1,647,291	1,659,550	1,694,205	1,714,808	1,828,487	1,795,340	1,753,412	1,823,794	1,834,208	1,760,562		(Aged 16  and over)
Employment status (aged 16 and over)
Employed	32.5	33.0	33.5	33.3	31.7	29.7	28.7	28.9	29.1	29.3	29.1		63.0
Full time	25.5	25.9	26.3	26.2	24.6	22.5	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.8	21.4		52.2
Part time	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6		10.8
Unemployed	25.1	25.5	24.0	23.7	25.5	28.5	30.1	30.6	31.5	32.0	33.9		3.1
Not in labor force	42.4	41.5	42.5	43.0	42.8	41.8	41.1	40.5	39.3	38.7	37.0		34.0
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
No. of admissions	1,504,245	1,579,393	1,582,543	1,608,255	1,622,763	1,732,071	1,689,568	1,666,645	1,781,373	1,809,036	1,735,885
Total admissions aged 18 and over	1,469,136	1,565,477	1,577,740	1,612,482	1,627,253	1,732,611	1,700,326	1,664,712	1,735,572	1,746,395	1,677,649		(Aged 18  and over)
Highest school grade completed (aged 18 and over)
0 to 8	6.7	6.7	7.1	7.4	7.1	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.6	5.9	5.6		5.4
9 to 11	28.7	28.4	28.4	28.6	28.5	28.3	27.9	27.2	27.0	26.9	26.7		9.8
12 (or GED)	43.6	43.8	43.6	43.6	43.8	44.2	44.2	44.5	44.4	44.2	44.1		31.5
Over 12	21.0	21.0	20.8	20.4	20.6	20.9	21.3	21.7	21.9	23.0	23.6		53.4
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
No. of admissions	1,443,655	1,513,326	1,532,037	1,570,186	1,575,988	1,673,710	1,652,971	1,613,888	1,692,028	1,723,591	1,650,944
SOURCES: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.6.08.  Employment: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, Tables 1 & 8, accessed at http://www.bls.gov/cps/tables.htm. Education: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, 2007 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Table 1, accessed at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/cps2007.html.