Table 3.
Child, Family, and Site Associations with ASD Stigma Score: Multiple Linear Regression Model Results (n = 352)
| Adjusted Beta Coefficients |
|
|---|---|
| Constant (intercept) | 1.81 (1.30, 2.32)b |
| Child characteristics | |
| Child health insurance | |
| Public health insurance only (n = 209) | ref |
| Any private health insurance (n = 135) | −0.25 (−0.41, −0.09)a |
| Child ASD severity | |
| Mild (n = 160) | ref |
| Moderate or severe (n = 181) | 0.18 (0.04, 0.33)a |
| Family characteristics | |
| Family ethnicity and language | |
| Non-Latino, white, English proficient (n = 163) | ref |
| Latino, English proficient (n = 95) | −0.01 (−0.17, 0.15) |
| Latino, limited English proficiency (n = 94) | −0.05 (−0.32, 0.23) |
| Respondent's relationship to child | |
| Mother (n = 313) | ref |
| Other (n = 35) | −0.19 (−0.41, 0.04) |
| Children per household (n = 343) | 0.01 (−0.06, 0.08) |
| Children with ASD per household (n = 339) | 0.25 (0.08, 0.42)a |
| Parent nativity | |
| Always lived in U.S. (n = 226) | ref |
| Lived outside the U.S. (n = 123) | 0.22 (0.002, 0.44) |
| Family structure | |
| Married or living with partner (n = 275) | ref |
| Single (n = 32) | 0.07 (−0.18, 0.32) |
| Other (n = 41) | 0.28 (0.08, 0.49)a |
| Parent education, years (n = 342) | 0.01 (−0.02, 0.03) |
| Parent employment | |
| Employed (n = 172) | ref |
| Unemployed (n = 177) | 0.04 (−0.10, 0.18) |
| Site | |
| Site 1 (n = 115) | ref |
| Site 2 (n = 120) | 0.01 (−0.16, 0.18) |
| Site 3 (n = 135) | 0.02 (−-.15, 0.20) |
Abbreviations: ASD, autism spectrum disorder; CI, confidence interval Bold denotes the value is significant at P<0.05.
a
P<0.01
b
P<0.001
Only variables that had a significant association (P<.10) at bivariate level were included in the model.