Table 3. Characteristics of Three Classes.
Variable | Characteristics of Classes | Contrasts | |||||||
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Class 1 Greater Dependence (N=80) | Class 2 Good Physical & Mental Health (N=67) | Class 3 Greater Independence (N=33) | 1v2 | 1v3 | 2v3 | ||||
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No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||||
Competitively employed | 80 | 0 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 1<2*** | 1<3*** | |
Lives Independently | 80 | 0 | 58 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 1<2*** | 1<3*** | 2<3*** |
Sees friends at least monthly | 78 | 2 | 32 | 35 | 20 | 13 | 1<2*** | 1<3*** | |
Has good physical health | 20 | 60 | 0 | 67 | 16 | 17 | 1<2*** | 1>3* | 2>3*** |
Has good mental health | 48 | 32 | 15 | 52 | 31 | 2 | 1>2*** | 1>3*** | 2>3*** |
Lives in a good neighborhood | 28 | 52 | 0 | 67 | 8 | 25 | 1<2*** | 2>3*** | |
Sees family weekly or more often | 30 | 50 | 51 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 1>2*** | 2<3** | |
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Demographic and Descriptive Variables (Not Included in LCA) | |||||||||
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Has intellectual disability, N(%) | 55(68.75) | 27(40.30) | 12(36.36) | 1>2** | 1>3** | ||||
Male, N(%) | 55(68.75) | 55(82.08) | 25(75.76) | 1<2† | |||||
Age, mean(SD) | 34.74(8.65) | 32.39(7.38) | 32.88(6.91) | 1>2† | |||||
Does not use psychotropic medications, N(%) | 19(23.75) | 19(28.36) | 7(21.21) | 3>2** | |||||
Lives with family, N(%) | 33(41.25) | 43(64.18) | 4(12.12) | 1<2** | 1>3** | 2>3** | |||
Age of first ASD diagnosis, mean(SD) | 5.46(3.95) | 6.44(4.58) | 6.73(3.93) | ||||||
Primary diagnosis of autism, N(%)a | 66(82.5) | 36(53.73) | 15(45.45) | 1>2*** | 1>3*** | ||||
Primary diagnosis of Asperger's, N(%)a | 3(3.75) | 14(20.90) | 8(24.24) | 1<2** | 1>3** | ||||
Primary diagnosis of PDD-NOS, N(%)a | 7(8.75) | 10(12.5) | 7(21.21) | 1>3† | |||||
W-ADL, mean(SD) | 17.56(6.41) | 23.59(7.96) | 25.36(6.13) | 1<2*** | 1<3*** | ||||
Lifetime ADI Social, mean(SD) | 25.75(3.02) | 24.31(3.97) | 24.12(4.09) | 1>2* | 1>3* | ||||
Lifetime ADI Behaviors, mean(SD) | 7.01(2.42) | 6.96(2.56) | 7.67(2.46) | ||||||
Executive Function (BRIEF), mean(SD) | 61.75(14.58) | 53.81(11.38) | 58.64(13.87) | 1>2*** | 2<3† | ||||
Maternal Warmth, mean(SD) | 3.00(1.09) | 3.28(.97) | 2.72(.83) | 2>3** | |||||
Maternal Criticism, mean(SD) | .60(1.40) | .19(.55) | .41(.75) | 1>2† | 2<3† |
p < .10,
p < .05,
p < .01,
p < .001;
Does not equal 100% because some mothers reported non-ASD primary diagnoses