Table 2.

Item-Level Traumatic Event Rates Between Groups

	Happened to me			Witnessed			Learned about			Part of job
	%		χ2	%		χ2	%		χ2	%		χ2
	Aut	N-A		Aut	N-A		Aut	N-A		Aut	N-A
Natural disaster	21.4	26.6	2.311	15.2	13.0	0.629	18.5	11.1	6.991**	0.4	0.3	0.036
Fire/explosion	10.1	7.5	1.409	14.1	14.7	0.038	15.6	9.7	5.040*	0.4	0.6	0.123
Transportation accident	35.1	44.9	6.138*	20.3	17.2	1.006	14.5	7.8	7.444**	1.1	1.7	0.371
Other accident	13.8	11.6	0.648	11.6	8.6	1.587	13.4	8.9	3.340	1.8	0.8	1.213
Toxic substance	5.1	3.3	1.221	4.0	0.8	7.241*	10.5	7.2	2.166	0.4	1.7	2.431
Physical assault	48.6	31.3	19.602***	23.9	12.7	13.469***	14.1	8.9	4.380*	0.7	0.6	0.073
Weapon assault	11.6	10.5	0.182	10.1	5.3	5.455*	14.1	9.1	3.884	1.8	0.8	1.213
Sexual assault	30.4	19.9	9.308**	5.1	1.9	4.817*	19.9	14.1	3.793	3.3	0.3	9.013**
Unwanted sexual experience	48.9	33.5	15.422***	8.0	1.9	13.097***	14.5	9.4	3.923	2.2	0.0	7.922**
Combat/war	0.7	1.9	1.656	1.4	1.4	0.005	12.3	6.9	5.414*	2.9	0.0	10.597**
Captivity	4.0	3.0	0.413	2.5	0.6	4.412*	10.9	6.4	4.149*	2.2	0.0	7.922**
Illness/injury	15.6	16.9	0.199	15.9	12.2	1.851	14.5	9.4	3.923	1.4	1.1	0.147
Severe human suffering	14.1	4.4	18.649***	16.7	11.4	3.739	17.8	17.2	0.036	2.5	0.3	6.438*
Sudden violent death	3.6	3.0	0.163	10.9	4.7	8.686**	25.7	20.2	2.707	2.2	0.8	2.025
Sudden accidental death	3.6	3.9	0.028	10.1	6.9	2.126	17.8	15.0	0.902	1.1	0.8	0.110
Serious injury, harm, or death caused to other	2.9	1.9	0.626	5.4	3.6	1.251	4.0	3.3	0.197	0.7	0.6	0.073
Other very stressful event/experience	51.8	31.0	28.189***	18.5	9.1	11.911***	11.2	6.6	4.166*	2.5	1.1	1.880

Significant differences are bolded for the reader.

^* p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01, ^***p < 0.001.

Aut, autistic; N-A, nonautistic.