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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis for the impact of employment

From: Employment and financial burden of families with preschool children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders in urban China: results from a descriptive study

Variable

Estimate

SE

p value

OR

95% CI for OR

 

Lower

Upper

 

Age

       

  Child

0.023

0.068

0.733

1.023

0.896

1.168

 

  Father

-0.016

0.017

0.341

0.984

0.953

1.017

 

  Mother

<0.001

0.019

0.998

1.000

0.963

1.038

 

Education of father

       

  Below high school (reference)

       

  High school or equivalent

-0.521

0.258

0.043

0.594

0.358

0.985

*

  Higher than high school

-0.680

0.272

0.012

0.507

0.297

0.863

*

Education of mother

       

  Below high school (reference)

       

  High school or equivalent

0.107

0.248

0.667

1.113

0.684

1.811

 

  Higher than high school

-0.430

0.267

0.107

0.650

0.385

1.098

 

Disease group

       

  Typical development (reference)

       

  ASD

2.769

0.202

<0.001

15.936

10.734

23.658

**

  Other disability

0.917

0.214

<0.001

2.502

1.643

3.809

**

  1. ASD and OD groups are significantly different (Wald test F = 129.830, p < 0.001).
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.