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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of NY school districts stratified by ELL status

From: Exploratory spatial analysis of autism rates in New York school districts: role of sociodemographic and language differences

  All school districts Low ELLs
(1st tertile)
Medium ELLs
(2nd tertile)
High ELLs (3rd tertile)
n = 895 M (SD)    
Autism spectrum disorder1 1.14 (± 0.56) 1.08 (± 0.56) 1.08 (± 0.50) 1.26 (± 0.58)
English language learners1 2.59 (± 5.70)    
Male1 50.74 (± 5.15) 50.57 (± 4.97) 50.29 (± 6.86) 51.37 (± 2.67)
White1 78.27 (± 25.05) 91.82 (± 9.60) 87.88 (± 14.25) 55.11 (± 27.83)
Asian1 3.11 (± 5.97) 0.81 (± 1.09) 1.76 (± 2.35) 6.78 (± 8.94)
Hispanic1 9.84 (± 14.12) 2.81 (± 2.71) 4.23 (± 4.20) 22.49 (± 18.22)
Black1 5.39 (± 10.66) 1.46 (± 2.76) 2.16 (± 2.98) 12.59 (± 15.70)
American Indian1 0.40 (± 2.86) 0.55 (± 3.17) 0.45 (± 3.75) 0.21 (± 0.62)
Multiracial1 2.13 (± 1.96) 1.72 (± 1.59) 1.94 (± 1.78) 2.73 (± 2.29)
Economically disadvantaged1 44.50 (± 20.11) 47.72 (± 15.70) 42.15 (± 18.07) 43.63 (± 24.98)
Students with disabilities1 13.92 (± 4.93) 13.89 (± 4.21) 13.45 (± 4.67) 14.41 (± 5.75)
Learning disability1 5.21 (± 2.40) 5.60 (± 2.22) 5.12 (± 2.35) 4.91 (± 2.57)
  1. 1Percent of students per school district
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