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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Autism Spectr Disord. 2015 Sep 1;17:40–51. doi: 10.1016/j.rasd.2015.05.002

Table 3.

Factors associated with any recent CAM use.

Factor aOR+ 95% CI

Parental Education
 High school or less Referent Referent
 Some college/college degree 1.46 0.89–2.40
 Some grad/grad degree 2.27** 1.30–3.96

Parent Marital Status
 Married/Living with Partner Referent Referent
 Single 0.49 0.25–1.95
 Separated/Divorced 0.68 0.46–1.02
 Widowed 1.44 0.34–5.99
 Prefer not to answer 0.60 0.11–3.46

Child Age (in years)
 15–18 years Referent Referent
 10–14 years 1.21 0.83–1.76
 5–9 years 1.97*** 1.31–2.95
 0–4 years 3.20*** 1.59–6.43

Child Race
 White Referent Referent
 Black/African-American 0.99 0.56–1.76
 American Indian/Native American 0.45 0.19–1.11
 Asian 1.36 0.74–2.50
 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.58 0.29–1.18
 Other 1.16 0.70–1.91
 Prefer not to answer 0.61 0.33–1.15
 Multi-Racial 1.22 0.48–3.10

Classroom setting
 Special classroom all day Referent Referent
 Mix of regular and special classrooms 1.70** 1.22–2.37
 Regular classroom all day 1.15 0.81–1.65

Prescription drug use in past 3 months
 No Referent Referent
 Yes 2.16*** 1.58–2.94
+

Adjusted for all other variables in the model

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001