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

Table 4 Ordinal logistic regression analysis for reported actual household income

Variable	Estimate	SE	p value	95% CI for estimate
Variable	Estimate	SE	p value	Lower	Upper
Age
Child	-0.141	0.054	0.009	-0.247	-0.036	*
Father	0.030	0.014	0.031	0.003	0.057	*
Mother	0.009	0.015	0.544	-0.020	0.037
Education of father
Below high school (reference)
High school or equivalent	1.068	0.252	<0.001	0.574	1.562	**
Higher than high school	1.645	0.260	<0.001	1.136	2.154	**
Education of mother
Below high school (reference)
High school or equivalent	0.486	0.237	0.040	0.022	0.951	*
Higher than high school	1.196	0.244	<0.001	0.717	1.675	**
Disease group
Typical development (reference)
ASD	-1.271	0.144	<0.001	-1.553	-0.988	**
Other Disability	-0.596	0.149	<0.001	-0.888	-0.304	**

ASD and OD groups are significantly different (Wald test F = 26.515; p < 0.001).
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.

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