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Table 4 Association between opinions of the healthcare workers on preventability 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)

0.069a

Gender

0.076a

Marital status

0.142

Area of specialty

0.895

Working experience (years)

0.012b

Geographical region

0.281

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

0.751

Mean score on KCAHW questionnaire

0.639

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