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Distribution of Autism by socio-demographics of respondents
| Variable | Autism N =21 |
No Autism N =700 |
| n(%) | n(%) | |
| Age in categories (years) | ||
| ≤10 | 0(0.0) | 156(22.3) |
| 11–15 | 15(71.4) | 418(59.7) |
| 16–20 | 6(28.6) | 126(18.0) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 11(52.4) | 347(49.6) |
| Male | 10(47.6) | 353(50.4) |
| Social Class | ||
| Upper | 13(61.9) | 446(63.7) |
| Middle | 7(33.3) | 107(15.3) |
| Lower | 1(4.8) | 147(21.0) |
