Appendix B - Proposed Changes to Instruments

Appendix B
Proposed Changes to NSCAW II Wave 3 Instruments

Section/Assessment Changes 
Instrument
Questionnaire
for Identifying
Children with
Chronic
Conditions –
Revised
(QuICCC-R)
Vineland
Socialization
Subscale

Issues
The current Caregiver instrument does not include all items. Missing stem questions include:
• Does [child] take medicine or drugs prescribed by a doctor other than regular vitamins?
• Has a doctor told you that [child] needs to follow a special diet or avoid certain foods?
• Does [child] go to a medical doctor or specialist on a regular basis?
• Does [child] go to a counselor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or social worker on a regular
basis?
Add these questions to Wave 3 to have the complete QuICCC-R instrument and to allow
analysts to calculate scale scores.
The current Caregiver instrument includes the Vineland Socialization subscale asking about
the behaviors of youth 13 to 18 years old; N=700. During analysis, we learned that between
2/3 and ½ of the subsample had a score of 0 in outdated items, as a consequence 42.4% were
classified as having very low socialization skills (-2 SD). Six out of 15 items describe social
practices that are outdated (e.g. using the radio for news, etc).
Delete the Socialization Subscale questions for ages 13-18 from the Wave 3 instrument.

Question level and skip logic changes 
Question(s) 
P_HH2da

[ PHH2da ] CH repeated any
grades since last interview

Revision Needed 
Fill the date of the last interview so that it reads “Since [LAST INT DATE], has
CHILD repeated any grades?”

Since the last interview, has ^CHILD repeated any
grades?

Question Type:

TYesNoC

1 = YES
2 = NO
P_HO22n

[ PHO22a ] # hrs TV on in home

each day

About how many hours is the TV on in your home
each day?

Add a hard range check to only allow values of 0 to 24 or 95.

HOURS
0 = LESS THAN 1 HOUR PER DAY
95 = DO NOT HAVE A TV
Y_SX26a
[ YSX26a ] Have you had sex
anytime in the past 12 months?
Have you had sex anytime in the past 12 months?
Question Type:

yes
no

TYN

1 YES
2 NO

Currently, if the child reports not having sex in the past 12 months (Y_SX26a =
No), the respondent is skipped out of the remainder of the SX section. This
should be changed so that if Y_SX26a = ‘No’, then all of the subsequent
questions in the SX section be administered except for question Y_SX27a,
which should be skipped.

Logic after:

IF Y_SX26a = 2 GO TO SXEND
Logic before:

IF R IS MALE fill: gotten someone pregnant; IF R
IS FEMALE fill: been pregnant
Add item to Sexual Activity (SX) module that asks
adolescents about their sexual orientation. There
is interest in examining the impact of sexual
orientation on placement stability and other wellbeing indicators. Item will be asked in Audio
Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI).

C_CB27n
[ CCB27a ] Aannual income
before taxes for this position

Mirror item the wording used by the National Survey of Youth in Custody
(NSYC):
Which of these best fits how you think of yourself?
1. Totally straight (heterosexual)
2. Mostly straight but kind of attracted to people of your own sex
3. Bisexual - that is attracted to males and females equally
4. Mostly gay (homosexual) but kind of attracted to people of the opposite
sex
5. Totally gay (homosexual)
6. Not sexually attracted to either males or females
Add a soft range to check for a valid income range of $10,000 - $200,000.

In order to assess the cost of caring for children in
the child welfare system, we would like to know
your income. This information will be kept
confidential. What is your @bannual income
before
taxes@b for this position?
(ENTER AMOUNT ROUNDED TO CLOSEST
HUNDRED. DO NOT ENTER COMMAS.)
INCOME:

OC (Organizational Climate) section of CW
instrument.

Section was only to be administered once, at Wave 2. Skip this module for
Wave 3.