Table 1.5 Admissions aged 16 and older by employment status: TEDS 1998-2008 and U.S. population aged 16 and older 2008 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions (excl. Puerto Rico).]
Employment status	TEDS admissions												U.S. population aged 16 and older
	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008		2008
Total admissions aged 16 and older	1,647,291	1,659,550	1,694,305	1,709,330	1,822,916	1,795,752	1,758,045	1,828,441	1,863,642	1,813,975	1,836,968
Employment status
Employed	33.0	33.5	33.3	31.7	29.7	28.7	28.9	29.2	29.2	29.0	28.1		62.2
Full time	25.9	26.3	26.2	24.5	22.5	21.5	21.6	21.7	21.7	21.3	20.5		51.3
Part time	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.4	7.5	7.6	7.6		10.8
Unemployed	25.5	24.0	23.7	25.5	28.4	30.1	30.6	31.5	32.2	34.1	36.7		3.8
Not in labor force	41.5	42.5	43.0	42.8	41.8	41.1	40.5	39.3	38.6	36.9	35.2		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	1,579,393	1,582,543	1,608,357	1,617,288	1,726,507	1,689,999	1,669,954	1,785,765	1,834,957	1,788,827	1,814,877
Employment status adjusted for age, gender, and race/ethnicity1
Employed	27.5	27.7	28.1	26.9	25.6	24.7	25.8	24.9	25.1	24.7	24.3		62.2
Full time	20.6	20.8	21.1	19.9	18.6	18.0	18.8	17.8	17.8	17.5	17.2		51.3
Part time	6.9	6.9	7.1	7.0	7.0	6.8	7.0	7.0	7.2	7.2	7.1		10.8
Unemployed	20.4	19.8	19.7	20.8	23.3	24.9	25.8	26.0	26.6	28.5	30.1		3.8
Not in labor force	52.1	52.5	52.2	52.3	51.1	50.3	48.5	49.1	48.3	46.8	45.6		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
1 Adjusted for age, gender, and race/ethnicity to the 2008 U.S. resident population.
SOURCES: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 8.31.09.  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.