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Table 3 Association between opinions of healthcare workers on the treatability of childhood autism and sociodemographic variables of the healthcare workers

From: Etiological explanation, treatability and preventability of childhood autism: a survey of Nigerian healthcare workers' opinion

Sociodemographic variables

Level of association (p value)

Age groups (years)

0.503

Gender

0.420

Marital status

0.360

Area of specialty

0.493

Working experience (years)

0.663

Geographical region

0.068a

Previous involvement with management of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

0.003b

Mean score on KCAHW questionnaire

0.069a

  1. aNear-significant association; bsignificant association.
  2. KCAHW, knowledge about childhood autism among health workers.