| Autor: |
R.Ritvo, Edward, Cantwell, Dennis, Johnson, Edith, Clements, Martha, Benbrook, Fay, Slagle, Sandra, Kelly, Patricia, Ritz, Michael |
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Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia; September 1971, Vol. 1 Issue: 3 p297-310, 14p |
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Social class factors were studied in families of 148 patients hospitalized at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute from 1961 to 1970. Seventy-four patients with the syndrome of perceptual inconstancy and diagnosis of autism were matched according to age, sex, and time of admission with 74 hospitalized for other neuropsychiatric disorders. Statistical comparisons of parental data revealed no significant differences in mean age at time of patient's birth, educational or occupational level, income, social class indexes, or distribution. Certain significant differences were noted in racial and religious compositions, and more mothers of autistic patients were unemployed at the time of their child's hospitalization. These findings, which differ from many reporting a significantly higher social class standing of families of autistic children, are discussed. It is suggested that future surveys of more culturally and socioeconomically heterogeneous populations will confirm that there is no significant association between social class factors and autism. |
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