Table 3.

Predictors of change in overall social-communication skills of autistic children as perceived by their parents (n = 176) during the lockdown (S.E; standard error, OR; odds ratio, CI; confidence interval; p < .01; **).

Lockdown Variables	$\mathbf{\beta }$ 1	S.E	Log-likelihood ratio	p-Value	OR	95% CI (profile likelihood) for OR
Having a sibling	0.253	0.217	1.401	0.237	1.287	0.850 to 1.996
Regularly attending school throughout lockdown	−0.289	0.307	0.940	0.338	0.749	0.399 to 1.337
Support from school during the lockdown	0.494	0.187	7.394	0.007 **	1.638	1.145 to 2.390
Seeing friends/family outside of the household and outside of school throughout the lockdown	0.601	0.199	9.722	0.002 **	1.824	1.246 to 2.727