Table 3.

Distribution of vocational index categories across the study time points for those adults with ASD who had exited high school before the start of the study and were still participating at the most recent time point (n = 93)

Code	Category	Time 1	Time 2	Time 3	Time 4	Time 5	Time 6	Average
9	Employed in the community without supports (%)	9.8	5.5	6.6	8.8	7.5	6.5	7.4
9	Postsecondary degree-seeking program (%)	2.2	3.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
8	Degree-seeking education/employment without supports—10 h/week or fewer (%)	0.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0	1.1	0.7
7	Employed in the community with supports (%)	10.9	11.0	9.9	12.1	7.5	9.7	10.2
6	Employed in the community with supports—10 h/week or fewer (%)	3.3	2.2	2.2	4.4	3.2	2.2	2.9
5	Sheltered vocational setting and community employment (%)	15.2	16.5	17.6	16.5	17.2	10.8	15.6
4	Sheltered vocational setting and volunteering (%)	7.6	3.3	8.8	1.1	6.5	5.4	5.4
4	Sheltered vocational setting only (%)	29.3	36.3	33.0	39.6	30.1	39.8	34.7
3	Sheltered vocational setting—10 h/week or fewer (%)	4.3	6.6	3.3	2.2	5.4	2.2	4.0
2	Volunteering or postsecondary non-degree seeking education only (%)	4.3	3.3	4.4	3.3	6.5	7.5	4.9
1	No vocational/educational activities (%)	13.0	11.0	12.1	11.0	16.1	15.1	13.1
	Number of attrition/missing	1	2	2	2	0	0

Percentages reflect the number in each category/(93—Number of attrition/missing). Average percentages were calculated by dividing the sum in each category across all time points by the sum of those who exited high school across all time points