Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of prevalence of exposure variables and other covariates among not in the labor force and low income mothers and fathers (n = 149,567)
| Variables | Mother | Father | Mother low income | Father low income | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In labor force | Not in labor force | In labor force | Not in labor force | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | % (n) | |
| Exposure | ||||||||
| No ASD | 85.7 (125,666) | 14.3 (21,009) | 87.3 (128,033) | 12.7 (18,642) | 70.1 (102,782) | 29.9 (43,893) | 67.9 (99,638) | 32.1 (47,037) |
| ASD | 79.4 (2,297) | 20.6 (595) | 84.2 (2,436) | 15.8 (456) | 61.8 (1,788) | 38.2 (1,104) | 64.1 (1,855) | 35.9 (1,037) |
| ASD (without ID) | 80.7 (1,360) | 19.3 (325) | 85.4 (1,439) | 14.6 (246) | 63.4 (1,069) | 36.6 (616) | 65.2 (1,099) | 34.8 (586) |
| ASD (with ID) | 77.6 (937) | 22.4 (270) | 82.6 (997) | 17.4 (210) | 59.6 (719) | 40.4 (488) | 62.6 (756) | 37.4 (451) |
| Descriptive | ||||||||
| Parental Age | ||||||||
| <35 | 75.8 (15,819) | 24.2 (5,056) | 85.1 (10,263) | 14.9 (1,798) | 50.9 (10,618) | 49.1 (10,257) | 57.9 (6,985) | 42.1 (5,076) |
| 35–44 | 87.1 (70,980) | 12.9 (10,484) | 90.2 (62,163) | 9.8 (6,764) | 71.8 (58,498) | 28.2 (22,966) | 71.4 (49,237) | 28.6 (19,690) |
| >44 | 87.2 (41,164) | 12.8 (6,064) | 84.6 (58,043) | 15.4 (10,536) | 75.1 (35,454) | 24.9 (11,774) | 66.0 (45,271) | 34.0 (23,308) |
| Birth country | ||||||||
| Sweden | 90.0 (103,985) | 10.0 (11,534) | 91.6 (105,075) | 8.4 (9,670) | 75.0 (86,597) | 25.0 (28,922) | 75.4 (86,498) | 24.6 (28,247) |
| Not Sweden | 70.4 (23,978) | 29.6 (10,070) | 72.9 (25,394) | 27.1 (9,428) | 52.8 (17,973) | 47.2 (16,075) | 43.1 (14,995) | 56.9 (19,827) |
| Children 4–17 years | ||||||||
| 1 | 83.9 (60,750) | 16.0 (11,592) | 84.8 (61,310) | 15.3 (11,032) | 66.9 (48,418) | 33.1 (23,924) | 63.7 (46,054) | 36.3 (26,288) |
| 2 | 88.3 (55,268) | 11.7 (7,299) | 90.1 (56,400) | 9.9 (6,167) | 74.5 (46,585) | 25.5 (15,982) | 72.9 (45,592) | 27.1 (16,975) |
| 3 or more | 81.5 (11,945) | 18.5 (2,713) | 87.0 (12,759) | 13.0 (1,899) | 65.3 (9,567) | 34.7 (5,091) | 67.2 (9,847) | 32.8 (4,811) |
| Socioeconomic | ||||||||
| Education* | ||||||||
| ≤9 years | 64.2 (10,192) | 35.9 (5,695) | 74.5 (16,247) | 25.5 (5,550) | 44.3 (7,038) | 55.7 (8,849) | 45.7 (9,957) | 54.3 (11,840) |
| 10–12 years | 86.3 (57,476) | 13.7 (9,137) | 87.4 (57,719) | 12.6 (8,307) | 68.9 (45,882) | 31.1 (20,731) | 65.6 (43,277) | 34.5 (22,749) |
| >12 years | 90.3 (60,104) | 9.7 (6,442) | 91.9 (56,100) | 8.1 (4,917) | 77.4 (51,532) | 22.6 (15,014) | 78.7 (48,020) | 21.3 (12,997) |
| 2 Parent household* | ||||||||
| Yes | 87.14 (94,975) | 12.9 (14,015) | 90.6 (98,748) | 9.4 (10,242) | 71.3 (77,711) | 28.7 (31,279) | 72.5 (79,029) | 27.5 (29,961) |
| No | 81.7 (32,829) | 18.3 (7,367) | 78.4 (31,524) | 21.6 (8,672) | 66.5 (26,747) | 33.5 (13,449) | 55.6 (22,345) | 44.4 (17,851) |
| Social assistance | ||||||||
| No | 87.9 (125,959) | 12.2 (17,414) | 89.4 (128,797) | 10.6 (15,258) | 72.26 (103,599) | 27.7 (39,774) | 70.1 (100,977) | 29.9 (43,078) |
| Yes | 32.4 (2,004) | 67.7 (4,190) | 30.3 (1,672) | 69.7 (3,840) | 15.7 (971) | 84.3 (5,223) | 9.4 (516) | 90.6 (4,996) |
| Other | ||||||||
| Parental psychiatric contact prior to birth of first child | ||||||||
| Yes | 87.0 (18,792) | 13.0 (2,812) | 86.2 (16,459) | 13.8 (2,639) | 88.5 (39,824) | 11.5 (5,173) | 88.9 (42,734) | 11.1 (5,340) |
| No | 93.3 (119,432) | 6.7 (8,531) | 93.3 (121,765) | 6.7 (8,704) | 94.1 (98,400) | 5.9 (6,170) | 94.1 (95,490) | 5.9 (6,003) |
** Missing variables: education: mothers 0.35 (n = 521) and fathers 0.49 (n = 727), household 0.25 (n = 381)