Table 1.

Participants’ Demographic Information

Family No. and Parents’ Age, Yr	Parents’ Ethnicity	Parents’ Education	Parents’ Employment Status	Household Income ($)	Age of Child With ASD, Yr	Partner Stage of Child With ASDa	Sibling’s Age, Yr
1				70,000	4	Language partner
Mother, 33	White, non-Hispanic	Associate degree	Part time				6
Father, 36	White, non-Hispanic	Master’s degree	Full time				1
2				Unknown	3	Language partner
Mother, 39	Asian	Bachelor’s degree	N/A				11
Father, 53	Asian	Associate degree	Part time				9
3				99,999	3	Social partner
Mother, 36	Asian	Some college	N/A				N/A
Father, 59	Black, non-Hispanic	Some college	Full time
4				Unknown	5	Social partner
Mother, 35	Black, non-Hispanic	Bachelor’s degree	Full time				N/A
Father, 44	Black, non-Hispanic	Bachelor’s degree	Full time
5				89,999	4	Conversation partner
Mother, 31	White, non-Hispanic	Some college	Full time				4
Father, 33	White, non-Hispanic	Some college	Full time				3
6				≥100,000	7	Conversation partner
Mother, 42	White, non-Hispanic	Master’s Degree	Full time				N/A
Father, 41	White, non-Hispanic	Doctorate	Full time
7				≥100,000	7	Conversation partner
Mother, 39	White, non-Hispanic, American Indian	High school graduate	N/A				17
Father, 48	White, non-Hispanic, American Indian	Some college	Full time				18

Note. N/A = not applicable.

^aSCERTS (Social Communication [SC], Emotional Regulation [ER], and Transactional Support [TS]) language levels: social partner = presymbolic language, language partner = emerging language, conversational partner = conversational language.