Lived Experiences of Mothers Raising Children with Autism in Chitwan District, Nepal

Table 1

Sociodemographic information of the mothers.

SN	Name of participant	Age (in years)	Residence	Religion	Educational status	Occupational status	Socioeconomic status	Types of family	Receive training
1.	Tinu	34	Urban	Hinduism	Bachelor	Home maker	Adequate	Joint	Yes
2.	Mamita	23	Urban	Hinduism	Basic up to 8 class	Home maker	Inadequate	Nuclear	Yes
3.	Parita	32	Urban	Hinduism	Bachelor	Home maker	Adequate	Nuclear	Yes
4.	Sashi	34	Urban	Hinduism	Secondary level	Home maker	Adequate	Nuclear	Yes
5.	Tina	36	Urban	Buddhism	Basic up to 8 class	Job holder	Adequate	Nuclear	Yes
6.	Devi	32	Urban	Hinduism	Bachelor	Job holder	Adequate	Nuclear	Yes
7.	Amrita	32	Urban	Hinduism	Secondary level	Home maker	Inadequate	Nuclear	No
8.	Salina	28	Urban	Hinduism	Bachelor	Home maker	Adequate	Joint	No
9.	Kabita	32	Urban	Islam	General literate	Home maker	Inadequate	Joint	No

Mean age ± SD = 31.44 ± 3.62, range = 23–36 years.