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Questionnaire Public=20 Report

Cohort: NLSY79=20 Child Cohort

Round: Child=20 Round 25-2012

Instrument :=20 Child Supplement CAPI

NLSY79 Child=20 Assessments

What I Am = Like
(Self-Perception Profile for = Children)

AGES: CHILDREN 12 YEARS AND = OLDER=20

(CALLED BY SPPC-EXEC OF CHILD=20 SUPPLEMENT.)

NOTE: = SAMPLE=20 SCREENS APPEAR IN APPENDIX B.

INTERVIEWER: [IF = NEEDED, READ=20 TO MOTHER/GUARDIAN.] (See=20 Sample Screen: Appendix B, Figures 2 & 3)

This=20 section is meant to give us an idea of how (CHILD) views = (him/her)self.

INTERVIEWER: READ = TO CHILD.=20

A. All=20 kids think and feel differently about things. We are interested in = what=20 you think you are like and how you think and feel. This is not a=20 test. There are no right or wrong = answers. =20 Remember, all kids are different.

&nbs= p; [HAND=20 SPPC SHOWCARD TO CHILD] This Section is called "What I Am = Like." =20 Here's an example of how the questions work. I'll read the = question aloud=20 and you follow along and think about it before you answer. This = question=20 is about two kinds of kids and we want to know which kids are more like = you.=20

B. =20 READ BOTH PARTS OF PRACTICE SENTENCE. EMPHASIZE THE UNDERLINED = WORDS.=20

&nbs= p; Some=20 kids would=20 rather &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; =20 other kids would

&nbs= p; =20 play outdoors in=20 their &n= bsp; =20 BUT &nbs= p; =20 rather watch TV.

&nbs= p; spare time.

C. What you do is=20 this: First, decide which kids are more like you ‑‑ = the kids on the "X"=20 side of the card (POINT TO "X" SIDE OF SHOWCARD) or the kids on the "Y" = side of=20 the card (POINT TO "Y" SIDE OF SHOWCARD).

&nbs= p; =20 IF NECESSARY, PROBE: Which=20 kind of kid is more like you? The kid on the = "X" side or=20 the kid on the "Y" side of the card?

D. =20 POINTING TO ANSWER CATEGORIES ON SHOWCARD, SAY:

&nbs= p; Now,=20 think about the answer you just gave me and then decide if that is = really=20 true for you or only sort of true for you. =

&nbs= p; =20 IF NECESSARY, PROBE: OK,=20 what do you think? Really true or sort of true = for=20 you?

E. =20 Okay, that was just for practice. Now let's do some more = questions. =20 Turn to the next card.

(See Sample = Screen: Figure 4)

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

4

3

Some kids feel they are very=20 good at their school = work.

1.

BUT

Other kids worry = about whether=20 they can do the school work assigned to = them.

2

1

1

2

Some kids are often = unhappy=20 with themselves.

2.

BUT

Other kids are pretty = pleased=20 with themselves.

3

4

4

3

Some kids feel like they are = just as=20 smart as other kids their ages.

3.

BUT

Other kids aren=92t so sure and=20 wonder if they are as = smart.

2

1

1

2

Some kids don=92t = like the way=20 they are leading their life.

4.

BUT

Other kids do like = the way they=20 are leading their life.

3

4

1

2

Some kids are pretty = slow in=20 finishing their school work.

5.

BUT

Other kids can do their school work = quickly.

3

4

4

3

Some kids are happy = with=20 themselves as a person.

6.

BUT

Other kids are often = not happy=20 with themselves as a person.

2

1

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

1

2

Some kids often = forget what=20 they learn.

7.

BUT

Other kids can remember things=20 easily.

3

4

4

3

Some kids like the = kind of=20 person they are.

8.

BUT

Other kids often wish they were = someone=20 else.

2

1

4

3

Some kids do very = well at their=20 classwork.

9.

BUT

Other kids don=92t do = very well=20 at their classwork.

2

1

4

3

Some kids are very = happy being=20 the way they are.

10.

BUT

Other kids wish they were=20 different.

2

1

1

2

Some kids have = trouble figuring=20 out the answers in school.

11.

BUT

Other kids almost = always can=20 figure out the answers.

3

4

1

2

Some kids are not very happy with = the way=20 they do a lot of things.

12.

BUT

Other kids think the way they do = things is=20 fine.

3

4

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF = TRUE FOR=20 ME

REALLY TRUE = FOR=20 ME

RETURN TO CHILD SUPPLEMENT AT=20 SPPC-EXEC.