UENG: Child`s engagement in school scale

Name: UENG

Label: Child`s engagement in school scale

Text: This scale is used to assess the degree to which focal children ages 6 to 17 are engaged in school. MKAs are asked how often the child cares about doing well in school (CINTSC), only works on schoolwork when forced to (CWRKSC), does just enough schoolwork to get by (CGETBY), and always does homework (CHMWK). The response categories included all of the time (1), most of the time (2), some of the time (3), and none of the time (4). Responses to questions about how often the child only works on schoolwork when forced to and does just enough schoolwork to get by were reverse coded. Responses were then totaled, creating a scale score ranging from 4 to 16. A higher score indicates greater school engagement. Scores for respondents who answered three out of the four questions were standardized to the 16-point scale. Scores for respondents answering less than three questions were coded as missing.

Question:

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Response Categories

CodeLabelFreq.%
-1 12595 37%
4 42 0%
5 111 0%
6 261 1%
7 432 1%
8 863 3%
9 1302 4%
10 1999 6%
11 1947 6%
12 2523 7%
13 2760 8%
14 2332 7%
15 2579 8%
16 4586 13%
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: