Employment. For any prescription-type psychotherapeutic drug and for each of the separate categories, the prevalence of past year nonmedical use was higher for adults aged 18 or older who were unemployed than for those employed full time, employed part time, or in the "other" category. The lowest rates of use were observed among persons in the "other" employment category, which included persons not in the labor force; these lower rates may reflect patterns among persons who are retired, disabled, or keeping house or caring for children full time. Part-time workers generally had higher rates of nonmedical use of prescription drugs than those employed full time. For example, 10.0% of unemployed persons misused pain relievers in the past year compared with 5.7% of persons employed part time, 4.6% of persons employed full time, and 2.8% of persons in the "other" employment category.