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Figure 4.2 is titled "Percentages of Employment at Admission among Substance Abuse Treatment Clients Discharged from Outpatient Nonmethadone Treatment, by Gender: 1997-1999." The figure is a bar graph, where the horizontal axis shows by client gender six types of employment status: (1) unemployed; (2) employed full time (35 hours/week or more); (3) employed part time (fewer than 35 hours/week); (4) employed, not otherwise specified; (5) disabled; and (6) retired, inmate, unknown/not mentioned, or other. The vertical axis represents percentages.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 47.6 percent were unemployed at admission. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 32.7 percent were unemployed at admission.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 25.9 percent were employed full time (35 hours/week or more) at admission. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 40.3 percent were employed full time (35 hours/week or more) at admission.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 8.2 percent were employed part time (fewer than 35 hours/week) at admission. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 6.7 percent were employed part time (fewer than 35 hours/week) at admission.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 4.9 percent were employed at admission, but no other information was specified. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 12.0 percent were employed at admission, but no other information was specified.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 2.0 percent were disabled at admission. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 4.2 percent were disabled at admission.

Among female substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 3.9 percent were retired, were inmates, had an unknown/not mentioned employment status, or had an "other" employment status at admission. Among male substance abuse treatment clients discharged from outpatient nonmethadone treatment in 1997-1999, 4.0 percent were retired, were inmates, had an unknown/not mentioned employment status, or had an "other" employment status at admission.

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