Table 5.10 Year 2005 discharges from SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL 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 31 States and jurisdictions that offered short-term residential 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	126,435	71,224	21,937	93,161	19,417	8,944	4,913
	Number
Employed	21,888	14,664	3,073	17,737	2,392	1,034	725
Full time	17,545	12,175	2,189	14,364	1,836	748	597
Part time	4,343	2,489	884	3,373	556	286	128
Unemployed	30,381	15,484	6,393	21,877	4,963	2,412	1,129
Not in labor force	71,941	39,880	12,159	52,039	11,761	5,384	2,757
No. of discharges	124,210	70,028	21,625	91,653	19,116	8,830	4,611
	Column percent
Employed	17.6	20.9	14.2	19.4	12.5	11.7	15.7
Full time	14.1	17.4	10.1	15.7	9.6	8.5	12.9
Part time	3.5	3.6	4.1	3.7	2.9	3.2	2.8
Unemployed	24.5	22.1	29.6	23.9	26.0	27.3	24.5
Not in labor force	57.9	56.9	56.2	56.8	61.5	61.0	59.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
	Row percent
Employed	100.0	67.0	14.0	81.0	10.9	4.7	3.3
Full time	100.0	69.4	12.5	81.9	10.5	4.3	3.4
Part time	100.0	57.3	20.4	77.7	12.8	6.6	2.9
Unemployed	100.0	51.0	21.0	72.0	16.3	7.9	3.7
Not in labor force	100.0	55.4	16.9	72.3	16.3	7.5	3.8
Total	100.0	56.4	17.4	73.8	15.4	7.1	3.7
	Median length of stay (days)
Employed	20	21	21		7	14	9
Full time	19	21	21		7	15	9
Part time	21	23	21		6	14	9
Unemployed	19	23	19		6	13	10
Not in labor force	21	27	25		7	13	8
Total	21	25	22		7	14	9
	Average length of stay (days)
Employed	24	23	27		22	30	33
Full time	24	23	27		21	29	31
Part time	27	27	26		24	32	43
Unemployed	25	26	25		19	27	43
Not in labor force	25	28	28		16	24	25
Total	25	26	27		18	25	31
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.