Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the participants.
| Non-autistic traits |
Autistic traits |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 283 | N = 239 | N = 522 | |
| SRS-2 Total T-score (mean, SD) | 50.1 (5.2) | 71.6 (9.0) | 59.9 (12.9) |
| Birth assigned gender (n, %) | |||
| Male | 102 (36.0) | 61 (25.5) | 163 (31.2) |
| Female | 181 (64.0) | 178 (74.5) | 359 (68.8) |
| Age (mean, SD) | 13.1 (3.6) | 14.0 (2.9) | 13.5 (3.3) |
| Country of origin (n, %) | |||
| Australia | 264 (93.3) | 221 (92.5) | 485 (92.9) |
| Other | 19 (6.7) | 18 (7.5) | 37 (7.1) |
| Main language at home (n, %) | |||
| English | 279 (98.6) | 236 (98.7) | 515 (98.7) |
| Other | 4 (1.4) | 3 (1.3) | 7 (1.3) |
| School attendancea, % of days (median, IQR) | 95.0 (83.6–100.0) | 86.0 (60.0–100.0) | 93.9 (75.0–100.0) |
a
School attendance was parent reported and was calculated as a % of days the patient attended the school among the expected days of attendance in the past four weeks from the day survey completion. The distribution is skewed.