Table 2.

Percentage and 95% Confidence Intervals of Social Participation During the Prior 12 Months

	ASD	ID	ED	LD
How often sees friends
Never	38.6 [31.1, 46.7]	19.5*** [15.4, 24.4]	15.9*** [10.8, 22.7]	7.1*** [4.2, 11.6]
Sometimes, not weekly	16.5 [11.6, 22.9]	20.0 [14.8, 26.3]	8.6* [5.1, 14.2]	10.7 [6.9, 16.0]
About once weekly	16.0 [11.4, 22.1]	12.6 [8.8, 17.8]	13.7 [9.4, 19.4]	14.4 [10.0, 20.3]
> once weekly	28.8 [21.5, 37.2]	47.9** [40.9, 55.0]	61.8*** [52.9, 69.9]	67.8*** [60.6, 74.2]
How often friends call
Never	47.2 [38.6, 55.9]	16.5*** [12.1, 22.1]	7.2*** [4.0, 12.5]	4.4*** [2.2, 8.2]
Less than monthly	19.5 [14.2, 26.0]	17.1 [12.5, 22.9]	12.0 [7.5, 18.4]	5.5*** [2.9, 9.7]
About once weekly or a few times per month	15.3 [10.5, 21.7]	25.0* [20.2, 30.6]	23.6 [17.2, 31.4]	26.3* [20.4, 33.1]
> once weekly	18.0 [12.1, 25.9]	41.4*** [35.3, 47.7]	57.2*** [49.1, 65.0]	63.8*** [56.2, 70.9]
Never invited to activities	48.1 [40.4, 56.0]	37.0* [30.7, 43.7]	22.9*** [16.6, 30.5]	10.4*** [6.5, 16.0]
Socially isolated [never sees friends, friends never call, and never invited to activities]	28.1 [21.7, 35.5]	8.9*** [5.9, 13.1]	2.7*** [1.2, 5.7]	2.0*** [0.8, 4.8]

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001

Note. Source: National Longitudinal Transition Study 2, Wave 5.

Number of multiply imputed data sets = 50. Weighted to population levels. Variances adjusted for sampling method.