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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants

From: Exploring knowledge of autism, its causes and treatment among immigrant and nonimmigrant parents in Somalia\Somaliland

 

Relation (diaspora = D)

Age

Education

No children

Autistic

Age of diagnosis

1

Mother

–

No

5

2

1

2

Mother

29

University

4

1

2

3

Mother

25

Primary

5

1

2.5

4

Mother

31

University

3

1

2

5

Mother

39

primary

1

1

7

6

Mother (D)

38

primary

3

1

2.5

7

Mother

22

University

3

1

2.4

8

Mother (D)

35

Primary

 

1

2

9

Mother

32

University

4

1

3

10

Grandmother

62

No

2

1

2

11

Mother

28

Primary

2

1

2

12

Mother (D)

38

Secondary

5

1

2

13

Mother (D)

31

University

3

1

3

14

Mother

–

University

6

1

3

15

Mother

–

University

4

1

1,5

16

Mother

–

secondary

7

1

2.1

17

Father (D)

–

University

5

1

1.6

18

Mother (D)

–

University

4

2

2

19

Mother

–

No education

7

2

2

20

Mother (D)

–

 

3

1

2.8

21

Mother (D)

–

No education

2

1

 

22

Mother (D)

38

Primary

4

1

2

  1. D stands for ‘diaspora’