Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children with ASD, Age 6–17 Years, by Parent-Reported Severity (n = 1269)
| Overall % (n = 1269)a |
Mild ASD % (n = 638)ab |
Moderate ASD % (n = 481)ab |
Severe ASD % (n = 150)ab |
P-valuec | |
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| Child Characteristics | |||||
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| Age | |||||
| 6–9yrs | 33.7% (439) | 34.5% (195) | 32.1% (153) | 25.3% (38) | 0.27 |
| 10–13yrs | 39.2% (570) | 42.9% (274) | 36.8% (177) | 44.9% (67) | |
| 14–17yrs | 27.1% (411) | 22.6% (169) | 31.1% (151) | 29.8% (45) | |
| Sex | 0.80 | ||||
| Male | 82.1% (1155) | 84.2% (527) | 81.8% (388) | 82.7% (120) | |
| Female | 17.9% (264) | 15.8% (110) | 18.3% (93) | 17.4% (30) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | 0.23 | ||||
| Hispanic | 13.0% (118) | 12.8% (51) | 9.5% (38) | 13.5% (14) | |
| Black/non-Hispanic | 10.7% (89) | 9.4% (29) | 6.2% (28) | 14.9% (13) | |
| Other/non-Hispanic | 10.1% (145) | 8.9% (58) | 14.1% (56) | 3.0% (14) | |
| White/non-Hispanic | 66.2% (1056) | 69.0% (494) | 70.2% (356) | 6.3% (108) | |
| Insurance Type | <0.0001 | ||||
| Private only | 49.2% (751) | 59.8% (400) | 45.7% (228) | 22.4% (47) | |
| Public only | 31.4% (366) | 19.9% (117) | 38.6% (143) | 41.0% (59) | |
| Both public and private | 17.0% (231) | 17.9% (88) | 12.4% (85) | 35.5% (38) | |
| Uninsured | 2.4% (35) | 2.3% (16) | 3.3% (13) | 1.1% (2) | |
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| Household Characteristics | |||||
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| Parental Education | 0.22 | ||||
| Less than high school | 7.2% (43) | 5.5% (16) | 3.2% (10) | 6.0% (4) | |
| High school graduate | 16.1% (156) | 11.2% (49) | 20.9% (71) | 16.5% (16) | |
| More than high school | 76.7% (1213) | 83.4% (568) | 75.9% (398) | 77.5% (130) | |
| Household Income | |||||
| ≤ 99% FPL | 16.9% (185) | 16.0% (68) | 13.3% (61) | 24.4% (27) | 0.01 |
| 100%-199% FPL | 19.5% (254) | 12.3% (92) | 22.9% (98) | 6.3% (33) | |
| 200%-399% FPL | 34.0% (448) | 35.4% (215) | 39.9% (161) | 6.4% (32) | |
| ≥ 400% FPL | 29.7% (429) | 36.4% (225) | 23.8% (118) | 5.0% (45) | |
| Region | 0.82 | ||||
| Northeast | 21.4% (277) | 22.2% (137) | 24.5% (88) | 25.9% (32) | |
| Midwest | 25.5% (338) | 24.6% (155) | 22.2% (112) | 26.0% (38) | |
| South | 33.8% (388) | 32.5% (151) | 34.6% (144) | 23.8% (38) | |
| West | 20.3% (417) | 20.6% (195) | 18.8% (137) | 24.3% (42) | |
Abbreviations: ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder; FPL, Federal Poverty Level; yrs, years
a
Estimates weighted to represent the non-institutionalized US child population
b
ASD severity assessed via parent report
c
P-values from chi-square test, representing statistical significance across the three severity levels by each of the variables in the first column.