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Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education Teaching students quantitative methods using resources from the British Birth Cohorts Measuring behaviour difficulties of children and teenagers This document, RutterBehaviourQuestions.doc, summarises the questions that make up the Rutter Behaviour Scales (Rutter et al 1970), an established set of questions which combine to give an index of behaviour difficulties in the child (Rutter, 1967b, Rutter et al, 1970). Child Scale A is completed by parents, usually the mother and Child Scale B by teachers. It includes Background to the Rutter Behaviour Scales A table specifying the questions asked at each age, allowing users of the data to see which questions are consistently asked across sweeps and across cohorts. The different answer categories used to answer the questions at each age and in each cohort. Examples of how the questions were presented to the cohort members in the questionnaires. The Rutter Behaviour Scales At various ages in childhood parents (and teachers) of both NCDS and BCS70 cohort members have completed a set of questions which combine to give an index of behaviour difficulties in the child (Rutter, 1967b, Rutter et al, 1970). Individual items of this scale can also provide useful information, for example concerning truancy. Parents, usually the mother, completed the parental questionnaire (Child Scale A) and teachers completed the teachers’ questionnaire (Child Scale B). The teachers’ questionnaire, or Child Scale B, (Rutter, 1967b) consisted of 26 descriptions of behaviour against which the teacher was asked to indicate whether each description ‘does not apply’ ‘applies somewhat’ or ‘definitely applies’ to the cohort member. The test had both a good inter-rater reliability (r = 0.72) and retest reliability (r = 0.89) (Rutter, 1967b). The parental questionnaire, or Child Scale A, had 31 descriptions of behaviour in total, 23 of which were included on the teachers’ questionnaire. The int