Variable | ASD group n | % | Diabetes group n | % | Control group n | % | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Child age (mean) | 8.26 | 9.8309 | 8.6474 | 0.571 | |||
Number of children (mean) | 3.1 | 3.09 | 2.77 | 0.071 | |||
Mother’s age (y) | .382 | ||||||
20–30 | 34 | 27 | 8 | 18.6 | 34 | 29.3 | |
31–60 | 92 | 73 | 35 | 81.4 | 82 | 70.7 | |
Mother’s education | .007 | ||||||
Reading and writing | 6 | 4.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | .00 | |
Primary/middle school | 16 | 12.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 3 | 2.6 | |
High school | 42 | 33.3 | 19 | 44.2 | 42 | 36.2 | |
University | 62 | 49.2 | 22 | 51.2 | 71 | 61.2 | |
Mother’s employment | .000 | ||||||
Working | 32 | 25.4 | 15 | 34.9 | 68 | 58.6 | |
Homemaker | 74 | 58.8 | 23 | 53.5 | 44 | 38.0 | |
Retired | 19 | 15.1 | 5 | 11.6 | 4 | 3.4 | |
Student | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | .00 | 0 | .00 |