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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Autism Res. 2018 Feb 9;11(5):695–706. doi: 10.1002/aur.1935

Table 5.

Optimal SCQ Cut-Points by Demographic Factors for CE Group

Variables SCQ score Sensitivity 1—Specificity Youden J
Child sex
  Male ≥11 0.881 0.292 0.588
  Female ≥11 0.894 0.202 0.692
Child age
  < 55.7 months ≥11 0.895 0.241 0.654
  > = 55.7 months ≥11 0.874 0.275 0.599
Maternal education
  HS diploma or less ≥15 0.820 0.242 0.578
  Associate degree or some college courses ≥13 0.810 0.249 0.561
  Bachelor degree ≥11 0.892 0.158 0.734
  Masters or advanced degree ≥11 0.796 0.121 0.675
Maternal race
  Black ≥14 0.790 0.290 0.500
  Other ≥11 0.874 0.199 0.674
  White ≥11 0.885 0.216 0.669
Household income
  <$30,000 ≥14 0.845 0.325 0.519
≥16 0.745 0.226 0.519
  $30,000–$70,000 ≥11 0.921 0.296 0.625
  $70,000–110,000 ≥11 0.888 0.125 0.763
  $110,000+ ≥11 0.791 0.115 0.676

SCQ, social communication questionnaire; CE, clinical and educational sources; Sen, sensitivity; Spec, specificity.