Initial evidence that non-clinical autistic traits are associated with lower income

Table 2 Correlations between AQ and other variables

Variable	Study	r	95% CI	p
Net household income	1	− .250	− 0.381, − 0.109	.001
	2	− .152	− 0.253, − 0.048	.004
	3	− .120	− 0.216, − 0.022	.016
	4	− .204	− 0.263, − 0.143	< .001
	5	− .125	− 0.204, − 0.044	.003
Adjusted household income	3	− .130	− 0.225, − 0.032	.009
	4	− .194	− 0.254, − 0.133	< .001
	5	− .121	− 0.200, − 0.039	.004
Personal income	4	− .156	− 0.217, − 0.095	< .001
Personal income	5	− .153	− 0.232, − 0.073	< .001
Others’ income	4	− .096	− 0.166, − 0.025	.008
Others’ income	5	− .051	− 0.143, 0.041	.279
SSS	3	− .171	− 0.265, − 0.074	.001
SSS	4	− .243	− 0.301, − 0.183	< .001
Age	1	.009	− 0.137, 0.153	.908
	2	− .064	− 0.168, 0.041	.229
	3	.039	− 0.059, 0.137	.433
	4	− .079	− 0.141, − 0.016	.014
	5	− .070	− 0.151, 0.011	.092
Gender	1	.116	− 0.030, 0.257	.118
	2	.040	− 0.065, 0.144	.460
	3	− .026	− 0.124, 0.073	.607
	4	.081	0.018, 0.143	.012
	5	− .022	− 0.104, 0.060	.599
Education	1	− .126	− 0.266, 0.020	.090
	2	.030	− 0.075, 0.134	.578
	3	.009	− 0.090, 0.107	.865
	4	− .094	− 0.156, − 0.031	.003
	5	.027	− 0.071, 0.125	.587

Others’ income refers to the net income of all other members of the household, calculated for those participants who live with other people (N = 754 and N = 452 for studies 4 and 5, respectively)
SSS subjective socioeconomic status

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