Table 3.10 Year 2005 discharges from OUTPATIENT treatment¹ by employment status (aged 16 and over), according to reason for discharge: TEDS 2005 Number, percent distribution, and median and average lengths of stay
[Based on linked admission and discharge data reported by 33 States and jurisdictions that offered outpatient substance abuse treatment and reported these data to TEDS.]
Employment status	Total	Reason for discharge, transfer, or discontinuance of treatment
Employment status	Total	Completed	Transferred	Completed or transferred	Dropped out	Terminated	Other
Total discharges aged 16 and over	562,223	201,091	69,594	270,685	163,852	59,629	68,057
	Number
Employed	209,351	98,224	17,953	116,177	53,295	20,556	19,323
Full time	153,496	75,708	11,965	87,673	37,491	14,873	13,459
Part time	55,855	22,516	5,988	28,504	15,804	5,683	5,864
Unemployed	157,269	43,581	26,879	70,460	48,848	17,470	20,491
Not in labor force	175,334	54,258	23,703	77,961	58,524	18,431	20,418
No. of discharges	541,954	196,063	68,535	264,598	160,667	56,457	60,232
	Column percent
Employed	38.6	50.1	26.2	43.9	33.2	36.4	32.1
Full time	28.3	38.6	17.5	33.1	23.3	26.3	22.3
Part time	10.3	11.5	8.7	10.8	9.8	10.1	9.7
Unemployed	29.0	22.2	39.2	26.6	30.4	30.9	34.0
Not in labor force	32.4	27.7	34.6	29.5	36.4	32.6	33.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	46.9	8.6	55.5	25.5	9.8	9.2
Full time	100.0	49.3	7.8	57.1	24.4	9.7	8.8
Part time	100.0	40.3	10.7	51.0	28.3	10.2	10.5
Unemployed	100.0	27.7	17.1	44.8	31.1	11.1	13.0
Not in labor force	100.0	30.9	13.5	44.5	33.4	10.5	11.6
Total	100.0	36.2	12.6	48.8	29.6	10.4	11.1
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	86	117	45		47	64	67
Full time	88	119	48		48	64	65
Part time	78	113	41		44	64	70
Unemployed	59	113	19		38	56	59
Not in labor force	71	121	37		48	59	71
Total	74	118	31		44	60	65
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	121	148	114		84	97	115
Full time	123	148	119		85	97	113
Part time	116	145	106		82	98	119
Unemployed	102	148	78		77	92	106
Not in labor force	121	167	102		92	101	124
Total	116	153	96		85	97	115
¹ Excludes records where opioid replacement therapy was planned.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 10.03.06.