Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Autism in a US Metropolitan Area

Autor/inn/en	Bhasin, Tanya Karapurkar; Schendel, Diana
Titel	Sociodemographic Risk Factors for Autism in a US Metropolitan Area
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 37 (2007) 4, S.667-677 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-006-0194-y
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Risk; Metropolitan Areas; Mental Retardation; Family Income; Autism; Children; Genetics; Mothers; Educational Attainment; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Risiko; Ballungsraum; Geistige Behinderung; Familieneinkommen; Autismus; Child; Kind; Kinder; Humangenetik; Mother; Mutter; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation
Abstract	The present study examined the association between autism and sociodemographic factors, overall and in subgroups of children with autism with and without mental retardation (Autism/MR and Autism/No MR, respectively); the association was further examined in subanalyses by child's source of ascertainment to assess the presence of ascertainment bias. In the main analyses, one marker of higher social class (higher median family income) was significantly associated with autism overall. Both markers of higher social class (higher maternal education and higher median family income) were significantly associated with autism/no MR, but not associated with autism/MR. In the subanalyses, associations with social class varied by ascertainment source. Future studies should consider phenotypic subgroups of children with autism and must consider potential ascertainment bias. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10