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- Title
Relationship Status Among Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Population-Based Study.
- Authors
Freedman, Brian; Kalb, Luther; Zablotsky, Benjamin; Stuart, Elizabeth
- Abstract
Despite speculation about an 80% divorce rate among parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), very little empirical and no epidemiological research has addressed the issue of separation and divorce among this population. Data for this study was taken from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health, a population-based, cross-sectional survey. A total of 77,911 parent interviews were completed on children aged 3-17 years, of which 913 reported an ASD diagnosis. After controlling for relevant covariates, results from multivariate analyses revealed no evidence to suggest that children with ASD are at an increased risk for living in a household not comprised of their two biological or adoptive parents compared to children without ASD in the United States.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; AUTISM; CONFIDENCE intervals; DIVORCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILIES; INTERVIEWING; MARRIAGE; PARENTS of children with disabilities; STATISTICAL sampling; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; SECONDARY analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 4, p539
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-011-1269-y