Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics by ASD and DD Groups

	ASD n = 29	DD n = 21	Total n = 50
Parent characteristics
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
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.