SAMHSA: Treatment Episode Data Set 1996

Table 2.5. Percent distribution of admissions (age 18 and over) by employment status and education: TEDS 1992-1996 and U.S. population 1996

[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by the 47 States and jurisdictions reporting in 1996. See Table 4.2 and Figure 22.]

Characteristic	Percent distribution
	TEDS panel (admissions age 18 and over)										U.S. population (age 18 and over)
	Unadjusted					Adjusted for sex,race/ethnicity & age¹					U.S. population (age 18 and over)
	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1996
Total admissions age 18 and over	1,377,936	1,425,061	1,445,804	1,431,963	1,403,163
Employment status
Employed	34.6	33.6	33.7	33.9	34.6	30.1	29.3	28.9	29.0	29.9	64.3
Full time	27.8	26.9	27.1	27.3	27.8	23.3	22.4	22.2	22.2	22.8	53.5
Part time	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	7.1	10.8
Unemployed	29.2	28.3	27.3	26.1	26.2	22.7	22.1	21.4	20.6	20.9	3.4
Not in labor force	36.2	38.1	39.1	40.0	39.1	47.2	48.6	49.7	50.4	49.2	32.3
Total	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	1,308,010	1,352,885	1,385,924	1,379,668	1,357,625
Highest school grade completed
0 to 8	8.1	8.0	7.8	7.3	7.0	11.1	10.6	10.3	9.7	9.3	7.5
9 to 11	29.1	29.0	28.8	29.0	28.3	24.8	24.7	24.3	24.4	24.2	11.4
12 (or GED)	42.2	42.4	42.6	42.9	43.8	40.2	40.2	40.7	41.1	41.7	33.2
Over 12	20.6	20.6	20.8	20.8	21.0	23.9	24.4	24.8	24.9	24.8	47.9
Total	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	1,349,224	1,393,685	1,411,258	1,400,318	1,378,332

¹ Adjusted for sex, race/ethnicity, and age to the U.S. population.

SOURCES: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, TEDS - 1.14.98. Employment: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Current Population Survey: 1996. Tables 3 & 8. Education: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Current Population Survey. Educational Attainment in the United States, March 1996. Table 1.