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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2009 Aug 5;40(2):167–178. doi: 10.1007/s10803-009-0844-y

Table 3.

Average time use across days by group with maternal age, education level, and marital status as covariates

ASD
(n = 96) (h)
Comparison
(n = 230) (h)
F values
Sleeping 6.98 (1.02) 7.14 (1.02) 3.47
Care of children 4.90 (3.56) 3.13 (2.96) 33.42***
Chores 2.35 (1.47) 1.63 (.99) 16.63***
Business, paid work, school 3.53 (2.97) 3.73 (2.90) 1.32
Leisure activities 2.03 (1.11) 2.54 (1.51) 15.28***
Watching TV 1.49 (1.03) 1.61 (1.14) 1.51
Vigorous physical activity .58 (.88) .52 (.87) 1.21
***

p < .001