Table 4 Social contact disaggregated (TD, ASD, O/DD).

From: Objective quantification of homophily in children with and without disabilities in naturalistic contexts

Predictors

Time in social contact

B

SE

CI

t

p

d

(Intercept)

0.04

0.00

0.04–0.05

13.21

 < 0.001

 

[O/DD]

0.00

0.00

− 0.00 to 0.01

1.23

0.218

0.10

[ASD]

− 0.00

0.00

− 0.01 to 0.00

− 0.76

0.444

− 0.09

Homophily [concordant]

0.01

0.00

0.01–0.01

5.83

 < 0.001

0.96

[O/DD] x 

Homophily [concordant]

− 0.01

0.00

− 0.02 to − 0.01

− 4.00

 < 0.001

− 0.65

[ASD] x

Homophily [concordant]

− 0.01

0.00

− 0.01 to − 0.00

− 2.47

0.014

− 0.44

Random effects

 

 σ2

0.00

 

 Child

0.00

 

 Classroom

0.00

 

 ICC

0.08

 

 Observations

3108

 
  1. σ2—residual variance at level 1 (observation). ICC—intraclass correlation. Time in social contact is the time the pair were in social contact divided by the time both children were present in the classroom. The [ASD] and [O/DD] terms compare the proportion of time in social contact for children with ASD and other DD, respectively, with time in social contact for children with TD. The Homophily term indicates that children spent greater proportion of time in social contact when interacting with a concordant partner, compared to a discordant partner. The interaction term, signified by x, indicates that both children with ASD and O/DD spent less time in social contact with other ASD and O/DD children, compared to TD-TD dyads.
  2. Significant values are in bold.
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