Temperament

A measure of behavioral style (activity, predictability, positive affect, fearfulness, compliance, and insecure attachment) for children ages 3-6 years, these scales are based on Rothbart's Infant Behavior Questionnaire, with items from Campos and Kagan's compliance scale, and other items from Campos. These are part of the Mother Supplement. The minimum age in 2004 for the completion of the Temperament (What My Child is Like) assessment was 3 years. In prior survey years 1986-2000, mothers completed the Temperament scales for children 0-6 years and ages 2-6 years in 2002.

Table 2.1. Temperament-Insecure Attachment: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)
Table 2.2. Temperament-Insecure Attachment: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Weighted Distribution)
Table 2.3. Temperament-Compliance: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)
Table 2.4. Temperament-Compliance: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Weighted Distribution)
Table 2.5. Temperament-Sociability: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)
Table 2.6 Temperament-Sociability: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity 2004 Weighted Distribution)

 

Table 2.1. Temperament-Insecure Attachment: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)

  6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 Invalid Valid Total % Valid
AGE OF CHILD     3     1   4 4 100.0
3 Years
4 Years   15 45 30 10   5 100 105 95.2
5 Years   21 48 38 3   2 110 112 98.2
6 Years 3 26 71 40 10   9 150 159 94.3
Total 3 62 167 108 23 1 16 364 380 95.8
RACE OF CHILD       2         2 2 100.0
Hispanic 3 Years
4 Years   4 10 10 2   2 26 28 92.9
5 Years     10 11 1   1 22 23 95.7
6 Years 1 3 12 9 2   2 27 29 93.1
Total 1 7 34 30 5   5 77 82 93.9
Black 3 Years     1         1 1 100.0
4 Years   4 8 6 3   1 21 22 95.5
5 Years   6 10 9 1     26 26 100.0
6 Years   4 10 12 6   1 32 33 97.0
Total   14 29 27 10   2 80 82 97.6
White 3 Years           1   1 1 100.0
4 Years   7 27 14 5   2 53 55 96.4
5 Years   15 28 18 1   1 62 63 98.4
6 Years 2 19 49 19 2   6 91 97 93.8
Total 2 41 104 51 8 1 9 207 216 95.8

 

 
Table 2.2. Temperament-Insecure Attachment: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Weighted Distribution)

  6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 Total Mean Std Dev
AGE OF CHILD     56.5     43.5 100.0 25.1 6.0
3 Years
4 Years   13.9 48.4 28.1 9.5   100.0 19.7 4.2
5 Years   22.9 43.8 31.4 2.0   100.0 18.8 3.8
6 Years 2.0 19.0 49.9 24.6 4.5   100.0 18.3 3.9
Total 0.9 18.7 47.7 27.4 5.0 0.3 100.0 18.8 4.0
RACE OF CHILD       100.0       100.0 19.8 0.4
Hispanic 3 Years
4 Years   15.1 39.3 39.0 6.6   100.0 20.3 4.1
5 Years     37.5 58.8 3.7   100.0 21.4 3.2
6 Years 4.1 10.4 42.2 34.2 9.1   100.0 19.5 4.5
Total 1.4 8.3 43.3 40.8 6.2   100.0 20.3 3.9
Black 3 Years     100.0       100.0 20.0 0.0
4 Years   20.5 35.1 30.7 13.8   100.0 20.0 4.9
5 Years   25.0 40.7 32.4 1.9   100.0 18.9 4.0
6 Years   8.8 28.7 45.0 17.5   100.0 21.3 4.0
Total   16.8 34.7 37.2 11.3   100.0 20.2 4.3
White 3 Years           100.0 100.0 32.0 0.0
4 Years   13.1 50.8 26.8 9.3   100.0 19.6 4.0
5 Years   24.2 44.7 29.2 1.8   100.0 18.6 3.7
6 Years 2.1 20.8 53.2 21.4 2.5   100.0 17.8 3.7
Total 0.9 19.8 49.8 25.1 4.0 0.4 100.0 18.5 4.0

 

 
Table 2.3. Temperament- Compliance: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)

  6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 Invalid Valid Total % Valid
AGE OF CHILD     3 1     4 4 100.0
3 Years
4 Years 3 4 28 33 36 1 104 105 99.0
5 Years 1 9 28 40 31 3 109 112 97.3
6 Years 1 10 33 60 49 6 153 159 96.2
Total 5 23 92 134 116 10 370 380 97.4
RACE OF CHILD       1 1     2 2 100.0
Hispanic 3 Years
4 Years 2 1 8 10 6 1 27 28 96.4
5 Years   2 7 10 4   23 23 100.0
6 Years   2 6 13 8   29 29 100.0
Total 2 5 22 34 18 1 81 82 98.8
Black 3 Years     1       1 1 100.0
4 Years 1 1 7 7 6   22 22 100.0
5 Years   1 10 7 8   26 26 100.0
6 Years 1 3 6 11 10 2 31 33 93.9
Total 2 5 24 25 24 2 80 82 97.6
White 3 Years     1       1 1 100.0
4 Years   2 13 16 24   55 55 100.0
5 Years 1 6 11 23 19 3 60 63 95.2
6 Years   5 21 36 31 4 93 97 95.9
Total 1 13 46 75 74 7 209 216 96.8

 

 
Table 2.4. Temperament-Compliance: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Weighted Distribution)

  6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 Total Mean Std Dev
AGE OF CHILD     63.2 36.8   100.0 20.7 1.9
3 Years
4 Years 1.1 3.5 25.5 30.2 39.8 100.0 22.9 4.5
5 Years 1.5 9.0 21.5 37.7 30.3 100.0 22.7 5.2
6 Years 0.2 5.5 22.4 38.1 33.8 100.0 23.0 4.5
Total 0.8 5.9 23.3 35.8 34.1 100.0 22.9 4.7
RACE OF CHILD       20.3 79.7   100.0 22.0 2.0
Hispanic 3 Years
4 Years 7.0 3.5 28.2 38.1 23.1 100.0 21.7 5.3
5 Years   6.7 27.8 37.4 28.1 100.0 22.4 4.7
6 Years   6.8 20.2 40.5 32.4 100.0 22.8 4.7
Total 2.2 5.4 24.9 41.1 26.5 100.0 22.3 4.8
Black 3 Years     100.0     100.0 18.0 0.0
4 Years 5.7 6.9 34.4 32.7 20.4 100.0 20.7 4.9
5 Years   3.7 35.8 28.9 31.6 100.0 22.5 4.8
6 Years 2.1 9.0 17.1 31.1 40.7 100.0 23.0 5.4
Total 2.2 6.6 28.1 30.5 32.5 100.0 22.3 5.2
White 3 Years     100.0     100.0 20.0 0.0
4 Years   3.1 24.2 29.1 43.6 100.0 23.3 4.3
5 Years 1.9 10.0 18.8 39.1 30.2 100.0 22.8 5.2
6 Years   4.9 23.2 38.8 33.1 100.0 23.0 4.4
Total 0.5 5.9 22.5 36.1 34.9 100.0 23.0 4.6

 

 
Table 2.5. Temperament- Sociability: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Sample Cases)

  1-5 6-10 11-15 Invalid Valid Total % Valid
AGE OF CHILD 1 32 62 10 95 105 90.5
4 Years
5 Years 1 37 63 11 101 112 90.2
6 Years 1 44 103 11 148 159 93.1
Total 3 113 228 32 344 376 91.5
RACE OF CHILD   1 8 15 4 24 28 85.7
Hispanic 4 Years
5 Years   7 13 3 20 23 87.0
6 Years   5 20 4 25 29 86.2
Total 1 20 48 11 69 80 86.3
Black 4 Years   9 11 2 20 22 90.9
5 Years   11 13 2 24 26 92.3
6 Years   14 18 1 32 33 97.0
Total   34 42 5 76 81 93.8
White 4 Years   15 36 4 51 55 92.7
5 Years 1 19 37 6 57 63 90.5
6 Years 1 25 65 6 91 97 93.8
Total 2 59 138 16 199 215 92.6

 

 
Table 2.6. Temperament-Sociability: Raw Scores by Child Age and Race/Ethnicity (2004 Weighted Distribution)

  1-5 6-10 11-15 Total Mean Std Dev
AGE OF CHILD 0.2 31.2 68.5 100.0 12.1 2.5
4 Years
5 Years 1.2 33.5 65.2 100.0 11.6 2.7
6 Years 1.4 26.5 72.1 100.0 11.9 2.6
Total 1.1 29.8 69.1 100.0 11.9 2.6
RACE OF CHILD   3.2 36.6 60.2 100.0 11.8 2.8
Hispanic 4 Years
5 Years   29.3 70.7 100.0 12.1 2.2
6 Years   20.0 80.0 100.0 12.6 2.2
Total 1.0 28.3 70.7 100.0 12.1 2.5
Black 4 Years   46.3 53.7 100.0 11.3 2.4
5 Years   53.5 46.5 100.0 10.8 2.8
6 Years   32.9 67.1 100.0 11.6 2.0
Total   42.6 57.4 100.0 11.3 2.4
White 4 Years   29.1 70.9 100.0 12.3 2.4
5 Years 1.5 30.9 67.6 100.0 11.7 2.7
6 Years 1.7 26.0 72.3 100.0 11.8 2.7
Total 1.2 28.2 70.6 100.0 11.9 2.6