Subject: What I Am Like
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Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:37:58 -0500

Questionnaire Public
Report

Cohort: NLSY79
Child Cohort

Round: Child
Round 25-2012

Instrument :
Child Supplement CAPI

NLSY79 Child
Assessments

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

AGES:  CHILDREN 12 YEARS AND OLDER

(CALLED BY SPPC-EXEC OF CHILD
SUPPLEMENT.)

NOTE:  SAMPLE
SCREENS APPEAR IN APPENDIX B.

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

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

INTERVIEWER: READ TO CHILD.

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

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

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

Some
kids would
rather
other kids would

play outdoors in
their
BUT
rather watch TV.

spare time.

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

IF NECESSARY, PROBE:  Which
kind of kid is more like you?  The kid on the "X" side or
the kid on the "Y" side of the card?

D.
POINTING TO ANSWER CATEGORIES ON SHOWCARD, SAY:

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

IF NECESSARY, PROBE:  OK,
what do you think?  Really true or sort of true for
you?

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

(See Sample
Screen:  Figure 4)

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

4

3

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

1.

BUT

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

2

1

1

2

Some kids are often unhappy
with themselves.

2.

BUT

Other kids are pretty pleased
with themselves.

3

4

4

3

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

3.

BUT

Other kids aren’t so sure and
wonder if they are as smart.

2

1

1

2

Some kids don’t like the way
they are leading their life.

4.

BUT

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

3

4

1

2

Some kids are pretty slow in
finishing their school work.

5.

BUT

Other kids can do their school work
quickly.

3

4

4

3

Some kids are happy with
themselves as a person.

6.

BUT

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

2

1

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

1

2

Some kids often forget what
they learn.

7.

BUT

Other kids can remember things
easily.

3

4

4

3

Some kids like the kind of
person they are.

8.

BUT

Other kids often wish they were someone
else.

2

1

4

3

Some kids do very well at their
classwork.

9.

BUT

Other kids don’t do very well
at their classwork.

2

1

4

3

Some kids are very happy being
the way they are.

10.

BUT

Other kids wish they were
different.

2

1

1

2

Some kids have trouble figuring
out the answers in school.

11.

BUT

Other kids almost always can
figure out the answers.

3

4

1

2

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

12.

BUT

Other kids think the way they do things is
fine.

3

4

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

X

Q#

Y

SORT OF TRUE FOR
ME

REALLY TRUE FOR
ME

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SPPC-EXEC.