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. 2014 Nov 18;14:302. doi: 10.1186/s12888-014-0302-z

Table 1.

Mean total scores of the Social Responsiveness Scale for Adults (SRS-A) in the normative sample by sex and age

SRS-A total score
Age group (years) Male Female
Total N N Mean ( SD ) N Mean ( SD )
Adolescence (19–24) 183 87 53.4 (27.8)*** 96 36.5 (21.2)***
Early adulthood (25–39) 122 53 36.2 (25.1) 69 36.3 (22.6)
Middle age (40–59) 153 67 35.9 (26.1) 86 30.1 (20.0)
Total 458 207 43.3 (27.8) 251 34.3 (21.3)

***Men scored significantly higher than women in the 19–24 age band (p < .001).