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Perceptions and Expectations of Youth With Disabilities  (NLTS2)
NCSER 2007-3006
September 2007

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Table B-2.  Daily living scale scores of youth respondents and those for whom parents responded

Functional skills scale scores Parent respondents Youth respondents
Percent / standard error
Self-care skills scale score:    
High (8) 89.5 95.5**
(1.67) (1.19)
Medium (5-7) 7.5 4.1
(1.44) (1.14)
Low (2-4) 2.9 0.4
(0.92) (0.37)
Functional cognitive skills scale score:    
High (13-16) 53.7 65.0
(3.33) (3.11)
Medium (8-12) 37.6 33.0
(3.23) (3.07)
Low (4-7) 8.7 2.0
(2.89) (0.92)
Social skills scale score:    
High (17-22) 18.2 24.2
(2.14) (2.49)
Medium (11-16) 61.0 60.3
(2.70) (2.84)
Low (0-10) 20.8 15.5
(2.25) (2.10)
**p < .01.
NOTE: The category "medium" is omitted from the table.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), Wave 1 parent interviews, 2001, Wave 2 parent and youth telephone interview/mail survey, 2003.