Table 4.

Logistic Regression Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals of Social Participation Outcomes Among Youth with ASD

Covariate	Never sees friends	Friends never call	Never invited to activities	Socially isolated
Sex
Male	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)
Female	0.7 [0.3,1.9]	0.6 [0.2,1.6]	0.6 [0.2,1.6]	0.6 [0.3,1.6]
Age	0.9 [0.7,1.2]	1 [0.7,1.3]	1 [0.8,1.3]	0.9 [0.7,1.2]
Hispanic	1.2 [0.5,3.1]	0.8 [0.4,2.0]	1.6 [0.6,4.3]	1.4 [0.6,3.4]
Race
White	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)
African-American	0.7 [0.3,1.8]	0.6 [0.2,1.7]	0.5 [0.2,1.4]	0.5 [0.2,1.4]
Mixed/other	1.3 [0.5,3.0]	0.8 [0.3,1.9]	1 [0.4,2.4]	1 [0.4,2.4]
Parent, guardian household income	0.9 [0.8,1.1]	0.9 [0.8,1.0]	0.9 [0.8,1.0]	0.9 [0.8,1.0]
Years since high school	0.9 [0.7,1.2]	1 [0.8,1.2]	0.9 [0.7,1.2]	1 [0.7,1.3]
Overall health	1 [0.7,1.4]	0.8 [0.6,1.2]	0.9 [0.6,1.2]	0.9 [0.6,1.3]
How well youth converses	0.7 [0.5,1.1]	0.5*** [0.3,0.7]	0.8 [0.5,1.2]	0.6* [0.4,0.9]
Functional skills scale	0.8 [0.5,1.2]	0.5** [0.3,0.9]	0.7 [0.4,1.0]	0.8 [0.5,1.2]
Currently attending postsecondary school	0.7 [0.3,1.6]	0.4 [0.2,1.2]	0.7 [0.3,1.6]	0.8 [0.3,2.2]
Currently has a paid job	0.6 [0.3,1.2]	0.5 [0.3,1.1]	0.5* [0.2,1.0]	0.6 [0.3,1.2]
Current residence
With a parent/guardian	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)	(reference)
Alone/with a   roommate	0.2* [0.1,1.0]	0.8 [0.2,4.0]	0.7 [0.2,2.5]	0.3 [0.0,2.1]
Under supervision	1.2 [0.6,2.7]	1.2 [0.5,2.7]	1.5 [0.7,3.3]	1.7 [0.7,3.9]
Currently attending adult day program	1 [0.5,2.1]	0.7 [0.3,1.7]	0.6 [0.3,1.3]	0.9 [0.4,2.0]

^*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.