Table 1.
ASD n = 29 |
DD n = 21 |
Total n = 50 |
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Parent characteristics |
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Mean age (SD) | 40.01 (6.32) | 39.69 (5.50) | 39.87 (5.93) |
Married or living together (%) | 78.6% | 81.0% | 79.6% |
Level of education | |||
High School or Less (%) | 71.4% | 85.7% | 77.6% |
Annual Household Income | |||
Less than $30,000 (%) | 60.7% | 71.4% | 65.3% |
Employed (%) | 21.4% | 33.3% | 26.5% |
Foreign-born (%) | 96.6% | 95.2% | 96.0% |
Ethnicity | |||
Mexican (%) | 79.3% | 95.2% | 86.0% |
Language use | |||
Good/excellent English (%) | 10.7% | 9.5% | 10.2% |
Child characteristics |
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Mean age (SD) | 9.12 (3.40) | 8.79 (3.46) | 8.98 (3.39) |
Male (%) | 75.9% | 81.0% | 78.0% |
Where child born | |||
United States (%) | 100% | 95.2% | 98.0% |
Intellectual Disability (%) | 20.7% | 14.3% | 18.0% |
Language | |||
Verbal (%) | 65.5% | 66.7% | 66.0% |
Bilingual or more English (%)* | 55.2% | 47.6% | 52.0% |
Note:
based on who were verbal; No group comparisons were significantly different, all p’s > .05.