Table 2.8 Admissions aged 16 and older by employment status and detailed not-in-labor-force category, according to primary substance of abuse: TEDS 2008 Percent distribution
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions.]
Employment status and detailed not-in-labor-force category	All admis- sions	Primary substance at admission
		Alcohol		Opiates		Cocaine		Mari- juana/ hashish	Metham- phetamine/ amphet- amine	Tran- quil- izers	Seda- tives	Hallu- cino- gens	PCP	Inhal- ants	Other/ none speci- fied
		Alcohol only	Secon- dary drug	Heroin	Other opiates	Smoked cocaine	Other route
Total admissions aged 16 and older	1,840,046	432,742	341,529	267,162	110,725	152,678	60,733	285,141	120,745	11,040	4,261	1,603	3,840	951	46,896
Employment status
Employed	28.1	40.5	28.2	14.7	28.0	14.5	28.8	29.9	25.1	20.9	21.5	21.3	18.9	24.7	33.4
Full time	20.5	32.2	20.6	9.7	20.3	9.7	21.2	19.8	16.8	15.0	15.8	13.4	13.1	15.5	25.3
Part time	7.6	8.3	7.6	5.0	7.7	4.8	7.6	10.1	8.2	5.9	5.7	7.9	5.8	9.2	8.1
Unemployed	36.7	32.8	34.7	44.8	41.3	41.8	35.6	32.4	37.8	38.5	35.0	36.7	40.1	36.9	39.7
Not in labor force (see detail, below)	35.2	26.8	37.1	40.5	30.7	43.7	35.6	37.7	37.2	40.6	43.5	42.0	41.0	38.4	26.9
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	100.0	100.0
Admissions aged 16 and older	1,817,928	425,573	338,308	264,065	109,246	151,544	60,037	283,138	120,246	10,918	4,215	1,576	3,799	937	44,326
Detailed not-in-labor-force category1
Total admissions aged 16 and over and not in labor force	639,719	113,872	125,495	106,914	33,547	66,236	21,395	106,789	44,712	4,435	1,833	662	1,559	360	11,910
Disabled	3.3	4.4	2.2	1.3	8.0	2.4	4.4	3.1	6.5	6.1	6.2	2.5	1.5	2.7	7.0
Student	13.5	8.7	8.7	2.6	7.9	2.4	7.5	45.0	6.1	9.8	11.0	33.4	4.8	38.4	27.2
Inmate of institution	2.3	8.5	1.3	0.7	1.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	0.4	2.1	3.2	0.7	0.4	1.4	4.3
Homemaker	21.5	28.7	22.1	18.2	29.0	25.3	18.8	11.0	21.1	25.9	23.5	8.7	10.2	20.5	30.5
Retired	7.0	4.5	6.2	5.2	5.3	9.0	9.9	8.1	22.7	3.3	4.7	16.4	20.3	7.9	5.8
Other	52.4	45.2	59.5	72.1	48.2	60.1	58.7	32.5	43.2	52.8	51.3	38.4	62.8	29.1	25.1
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	100.0	100.0
No. of admissions	519,001	96,060	110,246	86,664	28,271	54,127	19,307	89,072	16,965	4,112	1,601	599	1,161	292	10,524
1 Detailed not in labor force is a Supplemental Data Set item. Supplemental Data Set items are not reported by all States and jurisdictions.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 8.31.09.