Table 1.

Demographic data for parents of children with ASD and TD.

	Parents
	Children with ASD		TD children		t(98)	p
Age	M	SD	M	SD
Parents' age	41.1	6.6	40.1	6.2	.78	.43
Child's age	10.6	2.1	10.1	2.2	1.0	.30
Education Level	N %		N %		χ 2	p
University	23	46	32	64	3.3	.07
High school	27	54	18	26
Marital Status
Married	36	72	40	80	.88	.35
Not married	14	28	10	20
Child Gender
Male	42	84	30	60	7.3	<.01
Female	8	16	20	40

bold value signifies exact P value is .008.