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Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Maureen S Durkin
  • Matthew J Maenner
  • F John Meaney
  • Susan E Levy
  • Carolyn DiGuiseppi
  • Joyce S Nicholas
  • Russell S Kirby
  • Jennifer A Pinto-Martin
  • Laura A Schieve

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Background: This study was designed to evaluate the hypothesis that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children in the United States is positively associated with socioeconomic status (SES). Methods: A cross-sectional study was implemented with data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a multiple source surveillance system that incorporates data from educational and health care sources to determine the number of 8-year-old children with ASD among defined populations. For the years 2002 and 2004, there were 3,680 children with ASD among a population of 557 689 8-year-old children. Area-level census SES indicators were used to compute ASD prevalence by SES tertiles of the population. Results: Prevalence increased with increasing SES in a dose-response manner, with prevalence ratios relative to medium SES of 0.70 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.64, 0.76) for low SES, and of 1.25 (95% CI 1.16, 1.35) for high SES, (P

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  • Maureen S Durkin & Matthew J Maenner & F John Meaney & Susan E Levy & Carolyn DiGuiseppi & Joyce S Nicholas & Russell S Kirby & Jennifer A Pinto-Martin & Laura A Schieve, 2010. "Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 5(7), pages 1-8, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0011551
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011551
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