Table 1.
Demographics for Study Sample Based on Caregiver Reports of Individuals With ASD by Age Group
| n (%) or Mean (SD) | χ 2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0–4 y.o. | 5–11 y.o. | 12–17 y.o. | 18–24 y.o. | 25+ y.o. | ||
| N = 3317 | n = 225 | n = 1479 | n = 858 | n = 550 | n = 205 | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||||
| Gender (Male) | 2709 (81.7) | 171 (76) | 1212 (82) | 717 (83.6) | 446 (81.1) | 163 (79.5) | 7.8 |
| Ethnicity (Caucasian) | 2779 (83.8) | 168 (74.7) a | 1194 (80.7) a,b | 747 (87.1) b | 483 (87.8) b,c | 187 (91.2) c | 30.1* |
| Time in Canada (>20 years) | 3026 (91.4) | 189 (84) a | 1300 (88.1) a | 804 (93.8) b | 532 (96.9) b | 201 (98) b | 75.2*** |
| Highest level of education (household) | 3.53** | ||||||
| ≤High school‐level certificate | 246 (7.4) | 22 (9.7) a | 104 (7) a | 62 (7.2) a | 43 (7.8) a | 15 (7.3) a | |
| College‐level diploma | 1571 (47.3) | 107 (47.6) a,b | 699 (47.2) a,b | 438 (51) b | 244 (44.4) a,b | 83 (40.5) a | |
| Undergraduate degree | 899 (27.1) | 68 (30.2) a | 422 (28.5) a | 213 (24.8) a | 135 (24.5) a | 61 (29.8) a | |
| Graduate/Professional degree | 517 (15.6) | 25 (11.1) a | 221 (14.9) a,b,c | 119 (13.9) a,c | 107 (19.5) b | 45 (22) b,c | |
| Undisclosed | 84 (2.6) | 3 (1.3) | 33 (2.2) | 26 (3) | 21 (3.8) | 1 (0.5) | |
| Financial difficulty | 798 (24.1) | 60 (26.7) a | 417 (28.2) a | 206 (24) a | 88 (16) b | 27 (13.2) b | 47.5*** |
| Community size | 20.2** | ||||||
| Remote/Rural | 698 (21) | 41 (18.2) a | 300 (20.3) a | 201 (23.4) a | 121 (22) a | 36 (18.5) a | |
| Suburban | 1325 (39.9) | 77 (34.2) a | 613 (41.4) a | 345 (40.2) a | 218 (39.6) a | 72 (35.1) a | |
| Urban | 1269 (38.3) | 106 (47.1) a | 554 (37.4) a,b | 305 (35.5) b | 207 (37.6) a,b | 97 (47.3) a | |
Note. For each variable, if the omnibus test statistic was statistically significant, post hoc comparisons were conducted. Values within the same row that differ are denoted by different superscripts.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.