Table 1.
Autistic |
Typically developing |
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Women (%) | Men (%) | Women (%) | |
Autism diagnosis from (selecting all that applied) | |||
Psychologist | 69 | 84 | N/A |
Psychiatrist | 34 | 32 | N/A |
Pediatrician | 0 | 4 | N/A |
Other health professionals | 11 | 4 | N/A |
Highest level of educational attainment | |||
Year 9 or below | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Completion of year 10 high school or junior vocational school | 0 | 9 | 3 |
Completion of high school or advanced vocational school | 34a | 26 | 3a |
Diploma or advanced diploma | 19 | 9 | 12 |
Bachelor degree including honors or equivalent | 34 | 48 | 56 |
Master's degree | 13 | 0 | 15 |
Doctoral degree | 0 | 4 | 12 |
Current employment | |||
Not working, that is, unemployed (inclusive of studying full-time and not working) | 14 | 20 | 12 |
Casual | 17 | 20 | 6 |
Part-time | 17 | 28 | 18 |
Full-time | 26a | 24 | 56a |
Studying full-time and working casually/part-time | 20b | 0b | 9 |
Volunteer | 6 | 8 | 0 |
Health conditions (selecting all that applied) | |||
Anxiety disorder | 66a | 44 | 24a |
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder | 16 | 4 | 3 |
Bipolar disorder | 3 | 17 | 6 |
Depression | 66 | 57 | 44 |
Eating disorder | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Obsessive compulsive disorder | 6 | 22 | 0 |
Personality disorder | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Post-traumatic stress disorder | 6 | 9 | 3 |
Other (e.g., asthma, polycystic ovary syndrome) | 28a | 17 | 9a |
None (absence of any health condition) | 16a | 26 | 56a |
Chi-square/FET, significant difference between autistic women versus typically developing women, p < 0.05.
Chi-square/FET, significant difference between autistic women and men, p < 0.05.
FET, Fisher's Exact Test; N/A, Not Applicable.