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Survey Items: Derived from: S6Q09, S6Q13, S6Q20
Denominator: Children ages 4 months - 5 years
Numerator: A lot; A little; Not at all
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Additional Notes: Wording of this question varied slightly depending on whether it was asked for children 4-9 months old or for children 10 months to 5 years old. Items S6Q08 - S6Q27 are from the Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), a parent-reported screening instrument for identifying young children at risk for developmental delay. For information about the development and scoring of the PEDS, visit http://www.pedstest.com. © 2005 Frances Page Glascoe, Parents’ Evaluation of Developmental Status—Survey Version.
Treatment of Unknown Values: Unknown values (responses coded as "refused", "don't know", or system missing) were removed from the denominator when calculating prevalence estimates and weighted population counts displayed in the results tables. In nearly all cases, the number of unknown values is less than 1%; their exclusion does not impact the prevalence estimates (%) and only marginally affects the weighted population counts (Weighted Est.). Please contact CAHMI (cahmi@ohsu.edu) if you have further questions.
History and Development: The PEDS (Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status) is a standardized tool designed to identify children at risk for developmental, behavioral, or social delays. The NSCH uses the non-clinical version of the PEDS. Researchers interested in analyzing NSCH data collected with the PEDS instrument will need to consult PEDS documentation for scoring instructions (www.pedstest.com). Health care providers interested in using the PEDS to assess or make decisions about the developmental status for individual children, need to use the clinical version of the PEDS instrument, which can be obtained from Ellsworth & Vandermeer Press, LLC. National data for the PEDS are also available from the 2000 National Survey of Early Childhood Health. See www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/slaits/NSCH_Methodology_Report.pdf for more information.
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C.I. = 95% Confidence Interval. Percentages and population estimates (Pop.Est.) are weighted to represent child population in US.
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Suggested citation format: National Survey of Children's Health. NSCH 2003. Data query from the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative, Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health website. Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from www.childhealthdata.org.