Table 1.

Frequencies of Low-Frequency (Mischievous) Response Items in Wave 1 of Add Health

Low-Frequency Response Items		Males	Females	Total
		%	%	%d
1.	Provided a weight in top or bottom 2.5%a	3.85	2.28	6.13
2.	Provided a height in top or bottom 2.5%a	5.69	2.42	8.11
3.	When was the last time you visited a dentist? (2+ years)a	4.12	3.71	7.84
4.	How many times have you been pregnant or have gotten a girl pregnant? or How many children do you have? (2+)a	1.35	1.11	2.46
5.	In the past month, how many days have you carried a weapon to school? (6+ days)a	1.37	0.40	1.77
6.	During the past 12 months: how often did someone shoot you or How often did you shoot or stab someone (2+ times)a	0.56	0.12	0.68
7.	How many hours of sleep do you usually get? (11+ hours)a	1.68	1.58	3.27
8.	Fan et al. (2006) identification as inaccurate responder or jokesterc	0.62	0.34	0.96
9.	Answered questions “not honestly at all”b	1.96	.73	2.69
10.	Assessed as bored or impatient by interviewerb	7.68	4.60	12.28

^aDenotes items replicated from Robinson-Cimpian (2014) or Robinson and Espelage (2011).

^bIndicators of inaccurate and mischievous responding established in the Fan et al. (2006) analyses.

^cIndicators of mischief from Savin-Williams and Joyner (2014a).

^dFull sample endorsement of low frequency items that reflect top or bottom 2.5% of sample do not add to 5% due to rounding error in cutoff values.