Autistic Traits of People Who Engage in Pup Play: Occurrence, Characteristics and Social Connections

Figures & data

Table 1. Gender and sexuality information of participants (n = 413).

	Gay	Bisexual	Pansexual	Queer	Straight	Asexual	Lesbian	Demisexual	Total
Male	248	41	21	17	5	4	–	–	336
Trans male	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	2
Female	–	7	1	–	2	–	1	1	12
Trans female	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Non-binary, gender-fluid or genderqueer	14	10	13	14	1	2	–	–	54
Agender	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	6
Intersex	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Unsure	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Total	263	61	38	35	8	6	1	1	413

Table 2. Geographic location and ethnicity of participants (n = 413).

	African	Asian	Australian	British	European	North American	South American	Unspecified	Total
Asian	–	18	–	2	–	–	–	–	20
Hispanic	–	–	–	–	–	15	–	5	20
Indigenous	–	–	1	–	–	1	–	5	7
Bi-Racial and Multi-Racial	1	–	1	1	5	18	–	1	27
White	3	2	29	77	58	65	1	101	336
Other	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	3
Total	5	20	31	80	63	99	1	114	413

Figure 1. The distribution of autistic traits among participants.

Note: Those individuals whose scores were below the most lenient cutoff (65) are indicated in red; those whose scores were between the lenient and stricter cutoff (65–70) in light blue; and those whose scores were 70 or above in dark blue.