Table 7.

Predictors that the three groups recognized autism symptoms.

Dependent variable	Independent variable	Regression coefficient (β)		P	R2/R2adj
		Parameter estimate	Standardized estimate
Recognition in medical workers	Gender	−0.17135	0.08094	<0.05	0.0684/ 0.0507
	Age	−0.00477	0.00230	<0.05
	Occupation	−0.07139	0.03230	<0.05
	Experience with autistic children	0.29852	0.18257	0.103
Recognition in educators	Educational level	0.14081	0.06666	<0.05	0.0833/0.0677
	Experience with autistic children	0.20696	0.08454	<0.05
Recognition in community residents	Gender	0.12252	0.07864	0.121	0.1309/0.1167
	Educational level	0.17457	0.04403	<0.001
	Experience with autistic children	0.23956	0.10128	<0.05