Examining Factor Structure of the Chinese Version of the PIRLS 2011 Home Questionnaire
Table 1
Content of the PIRLS 2011 home questionnaire (PIRLS-HQCV 2011).
Question items in PIRLS-HQCV 2011
Background information
Identity of respondent (1)
Student’s characteristics
Students’ frequency of preschool activities (2) Students’ language spoken before school (3) Students’ attendance to Kindergarten (4) Students’ age entering primary school (5)
Books in the home
Number of books at home (14) Number of children’s books at home (15A, 15B)
Parents’ characteristics
Language spoken with their child (16A–G) Parents’ education (17A–L) Parent’s educational expectations for their children (18) Parents’ employment status (19A–E) Parents’ occupation (20A–L)
Contextual factors
Performance on early literacy tasks (6A–E)
Performance on early numeracy tasks (7A–D)
Students’ time spent on homework (8)
Home-school involvement (9A–H)
Parents’ opinions of child’s school (10A–H)
Parents’ frequency of reading (11)
Frequency of read for enjoyment (12) Parents like reading (13A–G)
Contextual factors are referred to the PIRLS 2011 assessment framework.