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

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Table B-3.  Functional characteristics of youth respondents and those for whom parents responded

Functional characteristics Parent respondents Youth respondents
Percent / standard error
Youth has at least "some trouble":    
Seeing 18.3 11.1
(2.58) (2.06)
Hearing 14.8 7.6
(2.36) (1.74)
Understanding speech 43.0 29.6**
(3.00) (2.99)
Communicating with others 42.5 26.3***
(3.29) (2.87)
Using arms/hands for gross motor activities 9.1 4.5
(1.92) (1.36)
Using arms/hands for fine motor activities 11.3 4.1**
(2.10) (1.29)
Using legs/feet 10.6 6.0
(2.05) (1.56)
Number of functional domains affected by disability:    
None 36.0 45.4**
(1.35) (3.26)
1 or 2 27.5 34.2
(2.97) (3.11)
3 or 4 32.2 18.5***
(3.11) (2.55)
5 or 6 4.3 1.8
(1.36) (0.88)
Youth's general health is excellent 37.4 43.0
(3.22) (3.25)
**p < .01, ***p < .001.
NOTE: The six functional domains in the scale of domains affected are vision, hearing, expressive language, receptive language, participation in bidirectional communication, use of arms/hands, and use of legs/feet.
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.