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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Mar 8;32(5):1580–1588. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.056

Table 1.

Demographics by Disability Status

Variable TD (N=47) ID (N=23) χ2 or t
Adolescents (12 years old)
 Gender (% boys) 42.6 42.5 χ2 =.04
 Race (% Caucasian) 57.4 47.8 χ2 =.73
 Health (% in excellent health) 68.1 47.8 χ2 = 3.09
Siblings
 Age (mean age in years) 12.55(4.60) 10.39(4.26) t= 1.83
 Gender (% boys) 38.3 52.2 χ2 = 1.51
 Birth Order (% of siblings older than target) 53.2 30.4 χ2 = 3.26
Mothers
 Marital Status (% married) 78.7 73.9 χ2 =.38
 Work (% working outside the home) 74.5 52.2 χ2 = 4.04*
 Education (% with college degree or higher) 61.7 26.1 χ2 = 8.28**

Note. TD = Typically Developing. ID = Intellectual Disability.

*

p<.05,

**

p<.01