Table 1.
Sample Description and Comparison by Length of Time in ABA (N=334)
| Overall Sample |
No ABA | At least 12 months in ABA |
At least 24 months in ABA |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=334 | N=44 | N=220 | N=154 | |
| N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | N(%) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Boys | 260 (77.8) | 39 (88.6) | 167 (75.9) | 116 (75.3) |
| Girls | 74 (22.1) | 5 (11.4) | 53 (24.1) | 38 (24.7) |
| Age group | ||||
| 3 to 6 years | 136 (40.7) | 14 (31.8) | 94 (42.7) | 65 (42.2) |
| 7 to 11 years | 134 (40.1) | 21 (47.7) | 87 (39.5) | 63 (40.9) |
| 12 to 17 years | 64 (19.2) | 9 (20.5) | 39 (17.7) | 26 (16.9) |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| White | 87 (26.0) | 14 (31.8) | 60 (27.3) | 43 (27.9) |
| Hispanic | 161 (48.2) | 21 (47.7) | 104 (47.3) | 78 (50.6) |
| Other | 86 (25.7) | 9 (20.5) | 56 (25.5) | 33 (21.4) |
| Insurance | ||||
| Commercial | 210 (62.8) | 27 (61.4) | 142 (64.5) | 101 (65.6) |
| Medi-Cal | 124 (37.1) | 17 (38.6) | 78 (35.5) | 53 (34.4) |
| Primary Language** | ||||
| English | 266 (79.6) | 24 (54.5) | 194 (88.2) | 134 (87.0) |
| Other language | 68 (20.4) | 20 (45.5) | 26 (11.8) | 20 (13.0) |
| Parent marital/partnership status** | ||||
| Married/partnered | 209 (62.6) | 13 (29.5) | 158 (71.8) | 113 (73.4) |
| Unmarried/unpartnered | 125 (37.4) | 31 (70.5) | 62 (28.2) | 41 (26.6) |
| History Special Education | ||||
| Past | 64 (19.2) | 6 (13.6) | 49 (22.3) | 36 (23.4) |
| Current** | 155 (46.4) | 12 (27.3) | 115 (52.3) | 80 (51.9) |
| History of ABA | ||||
| Past | 56 (15.0) | 5 (11.4) | 37 (16.8) | 24 (15.6) |
| Current | 25 (7.5) | 1 (2.3) | 20 (9.1) | 14 (9.1) |
| History of Occupational Therapy** | 142 (42.5) | 9 (20.5) | 106 (48.2) | 73 (47.4) |
| History of Speech Therapy** | 201 (60.2) | 13 (29.5) | 150 (68.2) | 106 (68.8) |
Percentages are by column. ABC= Adaptive Behavior Composite; ABA= Applied Behavior Analysis. This table shows chi-square tests comparing groups on study variables based on length of time in ABA with a sample (N=334) of children referred for ABA in 2016 or later (*Group difference was significant at the 0.05 level; **Group difference was significant at the 0.01 level).