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Table 1 Waves, dates of data collection, and ages of autistic adolescents and adults

From: Autism through midlife: trajectories of symptoms, behavioral functioning, and health

Waves of Data Collection (n)

Dates of Data Collection

Age of autistic adolescents and adultsa

Time 1 (406)

1988 – 2000

21.9 (9.4) [10.1, 52.1]

Time 2 (360)

2000 –2002

23.6 (9.6) [11.3, 53.9]

Time 3 (344)

2002 – 2003

24.9 (9.4) [12.7, 52.4]

Time 4 (307)

2004 – 2005

26.3 (9.3) [14.6, 53.3]

Time 5 (249)

2007 –2009

29.7 (9.0) [18.3, 57.1]

Time 6 (235)

2009 –2010

31.1 (8.8) [19.8, 58.8]

Time 7 (212)

2011 –2012

32.3 (8.0) [21.9, 60.3]

Time 8 (193)

2013 – 2014

34.2 (8.4) [23.7, 60.5]

Time 9 (146)

2021 – 2022

42.4 (8.6) [31.4, 68.9]

  1. aMeans, standard deviations (in parentheses), and ranges (in brackets) are presented