Demographic characteristics of young people who completed the full fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment compared with those assenting but written consent not obtained
| Completed assessment (N=99), n (%) | Assented but not consented (N=41), n (%) | Statistical test result | |
| Gender* | Fisher’s exact test P=0.7 | ||
| Male | 92 (93) | 40 (98) | |
| Female | 6 (6) | 1 (2) | |
| Age (years) | χ2 = 0.5; P=0.97 | ||
| 17 | 33 (33) | 15 (37) | |
| 16 | 23 (23) | 10 (24) | |
| 15 | 23 (23) | 9 (22) | |
| 14 | 16 (16) | 5 (12) | |
| 13 | 4 (4) | 2 (5) | |
| Ethnicity | χ2=1.5; P=0.5 | ||
| Australian non-Aboriginal | 16 (16) | 9 (22) | |
| Australian Aboriginal | 73 (74) | 30 (73) | |
| Other† | 10 (10) | 2 (5) | |
| Place of residence | χ2 = 0.1; P=0.7 | ||
| Metropolitan | 50 (51) | 22 (54) | |
| Rural/regional/remote | 49 (49) | 19 (46) | |
| Legal guardian | χ2 = 3.5; P=0.2 | ||
| Parent | 62 (63) | 24 (58) | |
| Guardian | 24 (24) | 15 (37) | |
| Child protection‡ | 13 (13) | 2 (5) |
*Excludes those who identify as transgender.
†Includes young people of New Zealand, Asian, African ethnicity.
‡Child Protection and Family Support Services.