UAGG: Parent aggravation scale score

Name: UAGG

Label: Parent aggravation scale score

Text: By summing the responses to four items--how often in the past month the MKA felt the child was much harder to care for than most (NPCINTA), felt the child did things that really bothered the MKA a lot (NPCINTB), felt he or she was giving up more of his or her life to meet the child`s needs than he or she ever expected (NPCINTC), and felt angry with the child (NPCINTD)--we created a parent aggravation index. The response categories included all of the time (coded 1), most of the time (coded 2), some of the time (coded 3), and none of the time (coded 4). Responses are totaled creating a scale score ranging from 4 to 16. Scores for respondents who answered three of the four questions were standardized to the 16-point scale. Scores for respondents answering less than three questions were coded as .I (inapplicable). A higher score indicates less aggravation.

Question:

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Response Categories

CodeLabelFreq.%
-1 630 2%
4 33 0%
5 31 0%
6 81 0%
7 110 0%
8 229 1%
9 403 1%
10 889 3%
11 1561 5%
12 3231 9%
13 5104 15%
14 7172 21%
15 7328 21%
16 7530 22%
Total34332100%

Disclaimer: The frequencies for this variable may not be weighted. They are purely descriptive and may not be representative of the study population. Please use with caution and consult the study documentation.

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Summary Statistics

  • total responses: 34332
  • valid: 34332
  • invalid: 0

Source

This variable was taken from: National Survey of America's Families (NSAF), 2002. You may:

Series

This study is part of the National Survey of America's Families (NSAF) Series. You may: