Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants with ASD and control group
| Characteristics |
ASD N (%) |
Control N (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 105 (71.4%) | 100 (67.1%) | |
| Female | 42 (28.6%) | 49 (32.9%) | |
| Age | |||
| ≤ 18 | 103 (70%) | 97 (65%) | |
| 19–40 | 33 (22.5%) | 37 (25%) | |
| > 40 | 11 (7.5%) | 15 (10%) | |
| Education | |||
| Elementary | 131 (89.7%) | 132 (88.6%) | |
| Middle school | 9 (6.2%) | 17 (11.4%) | |
| High school | 4 (2.7%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Collage and more | 2 (1.4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Family Income (JD) | |||
| < 250 | 74 (50.3%) | 2 (1.3%) | |
| 250–500 | 58 (39.5%) | 70 (47.0%) | |
| 500–1000 | 14 (9.5%) | 64 (43.0%) | |
| > 1000 | 1 (0.7%) | 13 (8.7%) | |
| Insurance | |||
| Yes | 109 (74.1%) | 100 (67.1%) | |
| No | 38 (25.9%) | 49 (32.9%) | |