Table 4.

Bivariate associations of child and family-level variables with receiving a diagnostic evaluation and receiving an ASD diagnosis

	Received Diagnostic Evaluation		Received Autism Diagnosis
Child/Family-Level Variable	χ 2	p-value	χ 2	p-value
Parent graduated high school	6.77	.009*	.49	.95
Receiving Early Intervention	10.39	.001*	.01	.91
Parent race/ethnicity	10.88	.01*	5.91	.12*
Child insurance type	2.34	.13*	.00	.96
Sibling with autism	1.24	.27	1.67	.196*
Sex of child	0.21	.65	4.75	.03*
Screened with interpreter	0.56	.46	3.82	.05*
Parent born in United States	0.44	.51	.11	.74
Child gestational age <37 weeks	0.43	.51	1.15	.28
Parent history of mood disorder	0.24	.63	2.15	.14*
	β (S.E.)	p-value	β (S.E.)	p-value
Child age at screen (months)	−.08 (.06)	.16*	.05 (.04)	.195*
Parent age at screen (years)	.10 (.04)	.003*	−.01 (.02)	.44
M-CHAT-R/F score	.13 (.05)	.02*	.05 (.03)	.14*
Parent level of worry about child’s development	.08 (.06)	.22	.00 (.05)	.99
ABAS-2 Communication scaled score	−.13 (.07)	.07*	−.20(.06)	.001*
ABAS-2: Self-Direction scaled score	−.06 (.06)	.28	−.04 (.04)	.41
ABAS-2: Social scaled score	−.04 (.08)	.64	−.10 (.05)	.07*
PSS total score	.007 (.02)	.72	−.02 (.01)	.26

Note.

^*= Predictor meeting criteria (P<.20) to consider for inclusion in the GEE model.