Characteristics	Information	Total (N = 461)
Parents’ age (years)	Mean ± SD	37.6 ± 6.9
Parents’ age (years)	IQR	42 ? 33 = 9
Primary caregivers	Yes	433 (93.9%)
Parents’ gender	Female	423 (91.7%)
Parents’ marital status	Married	348 (75.5%)
	Single	50 (10.8%)
	Others	63 (13.7%)
Child’s level of autism	Mild	258 (56.0%)
	Moderate	185 (40.1%)
	Severe	18 (3.9%)
Age of the child with ASD (years)	Mean ± SD	6.7 ± 3.7
Age of the child with ASD (years)	IQR	9 ? 4 = 5
Gender of the child with ASD	Male	385 (83.5%)
Child’s age at diagnosis of ASD (years)	Mean ± SD	3.7 ± 2.6
Child’s age at diagnosis of ASD (years)	IQR	4 ? 2 = 2
Nanny or caregiver	No	409 (88.7%)
Support from family or close people	No	246 (53.4%)
Need to leave the job to take care of the child	Yes	158 (34.3%)
	No	255 (55.3%)
	Did not have a job	48 (10.4%)
Time since diagnosis of ASD (years)	Mean ± SD	3.1 ± 2.9
Time since diagnosis of ASD (years)	IQR	4 ? 1 = 3