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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Jul;51(7):2241–2253. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04667-1

Table 3.

Descriptive statistics of SRS full and short scores

N1 SRS full scores – Raw score SRS full scores –Scaled score2 SRS short score –Scaled score2

Mean (SD) Median (1st, 3rd Quartile) Mean (SD) Median (1st, 3rd Quartile) Mean (SD) Median (1st, 3rd Quartile)

Total analytic sample 3,031 32.5 (24.4) 26 (16, 40.5) 16.7 (12.5) 13 (8,21) 14.2 (14.8) 10 (4, 19)
Cohort source population
 General 2,097 29.5 (21.3) 25 (16, 36) 15.1 (10.9) 13 (8,18) 12.6 (13.1) 8 (4, 17)
 ASD Familial Enriched Risk 257 37.3 (26.7) 32 (18, 46) 19.1 (13.7) 16 (9, 24) 16.4 (16.1) 10 (6, 19)
 ASD Non-Familial Enriched Risk 677 40.1 (29.9) 30 (16, 58) 20.5 (15.3) 15 (8, 30) 18.6 (17.8) 13 (4, 27)
ASD diagnosis3
 Diagnosed with ASD 190 74.7 (34.6) 78 (44.2, 97.8) 38.3 (17.8) 40 (23, 50) 41.2 (21.8) 42 (23, 56)
 Not diagnosed with ASD 2,233 30.4 (22.2) 25.5 (18.0, 34.2) 15.6 (11.3) 13 (8, 20) 13.0 (13.0) 8 (4, 17)
Child sex
 Boys 1,563 35.4 (26.0) 28 (18, 45) 19 (14.3) 15 (9, 25) 17.1 (17.0) 13 (6, 23)
 Girls 1,468 29.4 (22.1) 24 (14, 37) 15.7 (12.2) 12 (7, 20) 13.1 (14.2) 8 (4, 17)
SRS form type
 Preschool 1,302 29.4 (18.2) 26 (17, 36) 15.1 (9.3) 13 (9, 18) 11.9 (11.0) 8 (4, 15)
 School-Age 1,729 34.8 (27.9) 26 (14, 46) 17.9 (14.3) 13 (7, 24) 16 (16.8) 10 (4, 23)
Among general population
 Preschool 980 27.4 (15.1) 25 (17, 34) 14.1 (7.7) 13 (9, 17) 10.9 (9.3) 8 (4, 15)
 School-age 1,025 31.6 (26.1) 24 (14, 41) 16.3 (13.4) 12 (7, 21) 14.4 (16.0) 8 (4, 19)
Maternal race/ethnicity4
 Hispanic 256 41.9 (28.0) 35 (22, 52.2) 21.5 (14.3) 18 (11, 27) 19 (16.5) 15 (8, 25)
 Non-Hispanic White 2,212 29.9 (22.8) 24 (15, 37) 15.4 (11.7) 12 (8, 19) 13 (14.1) 8 (4, 17)
 Non-Hispanic Black 280 44.2 (28.1) 37 (23, 61) 22.6 (14.4) 19 (12, 31) 19.7 (16.7) 15 (6, 27)
 Non-Hispanic Other 180 34.9 (25.7) 28 (18, 43) 17.9 (13.1) 14 (9, 22) 15.7 (15.9) 10 (5.5, 21)
Maternal education4
 ≤ High school graduate 520 44.5 (28.1) 37 (23, 61) 22.8 (14.4) 19 (12, 31) 20 (17) 15 (7.5, 27)
 Some college 585 38.9 (29.8) 30 (18, 49) 19.9 (15.3) 15 (9, 25) 17.7 (18.2) 13 (6, 23)
 ≥ Bachelor’s degree 1,856 27 (19.3) 23 (14, 34) 13.9 (9.9) 12 (7, 17) 11.5 (12) 8 (4, 15)
Other non-ASD neurodevelopmental or psychiatric conditions5
 Reported 527 44.2 (28.3) 37 (23, 60.5) 22.6 (14.5) 19 (12, 31) 20.4 (16.9) 15 (8, 29)
 Not Reported 2314 26.4 (16.8) 23 (15, 34) 13.6 (8.6) 12 (8, 17) 10.6 (10) 8 (4, 15)
1

N remains same across columns.

2

Scaled scores according to percent of maximum possible, as described in text.

3

Among participants with information available on ASD diagnosis.

4

Among participants with non-missing maternal race/ethnicity or maternal education.

5

Excluding participants with an ASD diagnosis (n=190).