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Table 1 Demographic details for autistic participants

From: The relevance of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting past-year and lifetime suicidality in autistic adults

Sample characteristics (n = 314)

Average age

41.9 years (SD 13.4, range 18–72)

Average age at diagnosis

34.6 years (SD 14.8, range 2–67)

Sex

Male: 26.8%

Female: 72.9%

Other: 3%

Gender identity

Cisgender male: 25.2%

Cisgender female: 57.3%

 

Non-binary: 14.6%

Transgender : 2.9%

 

Ethnicity

Caucasian/White: 79.9%

Black: 1.6%

Mixed race: 5.4%

Other ethnicities: 4.3%

No response: 8.8%

 

Highest level of educational attainment

GCSEs, high-school diploma or equivalent: 94.9%

Bachelors degree: 70.1%

Postgraduate qualifications: 35.7%

  

Employment, voluntary work, or productive activities*

Employed full time: 24.8%

Employed part-time: 15.3%

 

Freelancing/self-employed: 10.8%

Looking for work: 6.7%

 

Not looking for work: 5.4%

Studying: 14.7%

 

Voluntary roles: 2.5%

Retired: 5.1%

 

Performing care duties (including childcare): 3.8%

  

Relationship status

Married/cohabiting: 35.7%

Relationship/dating: 10.2%

 

Divorced, bereaved, separated: 7.3%

Single: 42.9%

 

Single through choice: 1.3%

No response: 2.6%

 

Neurodevelopmental conditions*

ADHD/ADD: 17.2%

Dyslexia: 8.9%

 

Dyspraxia: 8.6%

Other specific learning disabilities: 6.4%

 

Psychiatric conditions*

Depression: 7.9%

Anxiety: 9.6%

Depression and anxiety: 39.8%

PTSD/cPTSD: 10.2%

Eating disorders: 8.6%

OCD: 8.6%

Other: 9.4%

Single psychiatric condition: 18.2%

Two psychiatric conditions: 27.4%

3 + psychiatric conditions: 23.2%

No diagnoses: 31.2%

Suspected anxiety, depression, PTSD/cPTSD: 31.4%

  1. Demographic information for autistic sample. Rows marked with asterisks reflect categories where participants could affirm multiple options
  2. Note that due to a limitation in the way this option was phrased, this description may not fully reflect transgender participants' gender identities-