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Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Nov;43(11):2710–2719. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1833-8

Table 3.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of Social Participation Among Young Adults Compared to Those with Autism, Controlling for Covariates¹

	ID	ED	LD
Never sees friends	0.4^** [0.2,0.7]	0.5 [0.2,1.0]	0.2^*** [0.1,0.5]
Friends never call	0.3^** [0.1,0.6]	0.2^** [0.1,0.5]	0.2^*** [0.1,0.4]
Never invited to activities	0.8 [0.5,1.5]	0.6 [0.3,1.3]	0.3^** [0.1,0.8]
Socially isolated	0.3^* [0.1,0.8]	0.2^* [0.1,0.7]	0.2^** [0.1,0.6]

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.

Covariates: gender, age, race, ethnicity, parent household income, years since leaving high school, overall health, how well youth converses, functional skills, currently attending postsecondary school, currently has a paid job, current residence, currently attending adult daycare.