Table 1.
Description of Samples to Examine Reliability and Validity, Based on Child Self-Report
| Reliability samplea (N = 54) |
Validity samplea (N = 28) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey item | n | %b | n | %b |
| Are you a … | ||||
| boy | 24 | 46 | 13 | 46 |
| girl | 28 | 54 | 15 | 54 |
| missing | 2 | 0 | ||
| How old are you? | ||||
| 8 y | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 y | 13 | 25 | 24 | 86 |
| 10 y | 30 | 58 | 3 | 11 |
| 11 y | 9 | 17 | 0 | |
| missing | 2 | 0 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| non-Hispanic white | 41 | 76 | 20 | 71 |
| other | 5 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| don’t know | 8 | 15 | 3 | 11 |
| Is there usually an adult at your home in the afternoon when you return from school? |
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| never | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| sometimes | 15 | 29 | 5 | 18 |
| always | 34 | 67 | 20 | 71 |
| I don’t go home after school | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| missing | 3 | 0 | ||
a
Only 3 children participated in both the reliability and validity samples.
b
Percents may not add to 100% because of rounding.