Table 5.

Logistic regression models of any college enrollment and STEM majoring among young adults with an ASD

Covariates	2- or 4- Year College Enrollment	College STEM Major
Age	1.17 [0.90, 1.53]	1.83* [1.14, 2.93]
Male	0.79 [0.40, 1.57]	13.46** [1.52, 119.05]
Female	Reference	Reference
Black	1.13 [0.44, 2.95]	0.59 [0.06, 5.60]
Hispanic	0.74 [0.23, 2.43]	45.41 [0.21, 999.99]
White or other ethnicity	Reference	Reference
Income
<$25,000	0.27** [0.11, 0.69]	0.11 [0.008, 1.34]
$25,001–50,000	0.13*** [0.04, 0.40]	0.47 [0.08, 2.91]
$50,001–75,000	0.39* [0.17, 0.88]	0.89 [0.27, 2.98]
Over $75,000	Reference	Reference
Conversation ability
Lots of trouble or cannot converse	0.50 [0.14, 1.80]	0.16 [0.02, 1.09]
Little trouble conversing	1.74 [0.46, 6.60]	2.83 [0.77, 10.36]
No trouble conversing	Reference	Reference
Mental functioning skills	1.37*** [1.18, 1.59]	0.88 [0.69, 1.13]

^*p < .05,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001.

Source: NLTS2, waves 1 and 5.