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Table 1 Demographic data for the participants in the Asperger syndrome (AS)/high-functioning autism (HFA) and control groups

From: Health-related quality of life in parents of school-age children with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism

 

AS/HFA group N (%)

Control group N (%)

Family status

  

    nuclear

21 (65.6)

28 (87.5)

    single parent

5 (15.6)

2 (6.2)

    one step-parent

6 (18.7)

2 (6.2)

High-school education

  

    mothers

20/31 (64.5)

19/30 (63.3)

    fathers

20/30 (66.6)

17/29 (58.6)

Gainful employment of parents

  

    mothers

23/31 (74.1)

28/30 (93.3)

    fathers

28/30 (93.3)

28/29 (96.5)

On sick leave (for any illnesses)

  

    mothers

3/31 (9.6)

1/30 (3.3)

    fathers

0/30

1/29 (3.4)

Age of parents (years)

  

    mothers

42.4 ± 6.7

40.3 ± 5.1

    fathers

45.6 ± 6.9

42.7 ± 4.9

  1. Fischer's Exact test or Mann-Whitney test (age of parents). All differences between parents of the two groups were statistically non-significant.