. 2019 Dec 13;1(4):297–305. doi: 10.1089/aut.2019.0020

Table 1.

Participant Demographics

	Autistic		Typically developing
	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	34^a	26	3^a
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	26^a	24	56^a
Studying full-time and working casually/part-time	20^b	0^b	9
Volunteer	6	8	0
Health conditions (selecting all that applied)
Anxiety disorder	66^a	44	24^a
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)	28^a	17	9^a
None (absence of any health condition)	16^a	26	56^a

^{^a}

Chi-square/FET, significant difference between autistic women versus typically developing women, p < 0.05.

^{^b}

Chi-square/FET, significant difference between autistic women and men, p < 0.05.

FET, Fisher's Exact Test; N/A, Not Applicable.