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Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2018 Sep;48(9):2925–2937. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3545-6

Table 6.

Logistic Regression Results: Parent Expectations as Predictors of Parent Preparatory Activities (N=298)

	Parental Preparatory Activities
	Paid/Volunteer Position	Talk About Jobs	Talk about Civics and Voting	Chores & Responsibilities	Enrolled in Courses
Predictors	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
PE: Financial Independence	1.1 (1.0, 1.2)	1.3 (1.1, 1.6)^**	-	-	-
PE: School Success	-	1.0 (0.8, 1.2)	-	-	-
PE: Citizenship	-	-	1.2 (1.0, 1.5)	-	-
PE: Live Independently	-	-	-	2.0 (1.3, 3.0)^**	1.6 (1.1, 2.3)^*
IQ<70	0.6 (0.2, 1.5)	0.2 (0.05, 0.5)^**	0.1 (0.03, 0.3)^***	Reference	Reference
Borderline IQ	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Average/Above IQ	0.9 (0.4, 2.1)	2.0 (0.6, 6.5)	1.7 (0.8, 3.6)	3.1 (1.0, 9.2)^*	1.2 (0.4, 3.1)
Male	2.1 (1.2, 3.5)^**	2.4 (1.1, 5.4)^*	1.4 (0.8, 2.4)	1.5 (0.7, 3.4)	0.1 (0.02, 0.2)^***
Female	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference	Reference
Age	1.4 (1.2, 1.6)^***	1.6 (1.2, 2.1)^***	1.2 (1.0, 1.4)^*	1.3 (1.0, 1.7)^*	1.4 (1.1, 1.7)^**
Household Income	1.2 (1.0, 1.4)	1.0 (0.7, 1.4)	1.1 (0.9, 1.3)	1.5 (1.1, 2.0)^*	1.0 (0.8, 1.3)

χ² (df)	41.57(6)^***	117.14(7)^***	71.15(6)^***	23.74(5)^***	64.03(5)^***
Cox & Snell R²	0.14	0.34	0.22	0.08	0.20

Note.

^*,

p<0.05

^**,

p<0.01

^***

p<.001.

OR, odds ratio. CI, confidence interval. PE, parent expectation. Dashes (-) indicate variables that were not included in the specified model.