Characteristics | Information | Total (N = 461) |
Parents’ age (years) | Mean ± SD | 37.6 ± 6.9 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
IQR | 4 ? 1 = 3 |