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. 2022 Sep 22;53(12):4560–4576. doi: 10.1007/s10803-022-05742-5

Table 1.

Demographics and descriptive statistics of participants (N = 188)

Item Total (frequency)
Mean age years (SD) 30.49 (8.75)
Gender
 Male 108 (57%)
 Female 78 (41%)
 Othera 2 (2%)
Education attainment
 High school or below 51 (27%)
 Studying at university 36 (19%)
 Completed university 77 (41%)
 Masters or higher 24 (13%)
Country of residence
 Australia 30 (16%)
 Canada 14 (8%)
 New Zealand 4 (2%)
 United Kingdom 26 (14%)
 United States 111 (60%)
 Other 1 (.5%)
History of mental healthb: diagnosed 137 (74%)

Autism spectrum diagnoses

 Participant diagnosed

16 (9%)
 Family diagnosed 17 (9%)
Sleep disorder diagnosesc: diagnosed 15 (8%)

aDue to the small number of the other gender, these two cases were treated as missing gender in the later analysis to prevent statistical instability

bMental health diagnoses: ADHD, anxiety, anxiety/depression, anxiety/autism, borderline personality disorder, depression/PTSD, panic disorder/PTSD/depression, schizotypal, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive, general anxiety disorder/social phobia, and non-diagnosed

CSleep narcolepsy, sleep apnoea, obstructive sleep disorder, insomnia/bruxism, insomnia, historical sleep maintenance disorder