Parental socioeconomic position and risk of autism spectrum disorders in offspring: A cohort study of 9,648 individuals in Denmark 1976-2013

Both methodological and contextual issues may be of great importance for the observed association between parental SEP and risk of ASD diagnosis in offspring. Particularly, the secular trends in ASD diagnoses seem to be of great importance suggesting that changes in diagnostic patterns may influence the association between parental SEP and risk of being diagnosed with ASD.