Table 2.
Inventory major and subgroup category criterion validity indices for the total sample (n 30) and by group: low-income Somali- and Spanish-speaking families with children of pre-school age, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, MN, USA
| Average κ for category | Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | Spearman correlation staff/participant | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Spanish | Somali | Total | Spanish | Somali | Total | Spanish | Somali | Total | Spanish | Somali | |
| (n 30) | (n 15) | (n 15) | (n 30) | (n 15) | (n 15) | (n 30) | (n 15) | (n 15) | (n 30) | (n 15) | (n 15) | |
| Dairy | 0·55 | 0·40 | 0·82 | 89·9 | 86·8 | 97·1 | 78·1 | 57·9 | 87·0 | 0·77 | 0·36 | 0·84 |
| Cheese | 0·53 | 0·41 | 0·97 | 77·1 | 87·8 | 99·0 | 77·1 | 56·9 | 97·2 | 0·78 | 0·32 | 0.97 |
| Regular fat | 0·53 | 0·38 | 0·95 | 73·3 | 84·3 | 100·0 | 73·3 | 50·7 | 96·3 | 0·82 | 0·33 | 0·96 |
| Low fat | 0·47 | 0·53 | 1·00 | 100·0 | 94·9 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 0·20 | 0·30 | 1·0 |
| Milk/other dairy beverages | 0·63 | 0·54 | 0·88 | 88·9 | 88·6 | 98·5 | 88·9 | 64·2 | 95·8 | 0·88 | 0·54 | 0·89 |
| Regular fat | 0·58 | 0·53 | 0·87 | 92·3 | 91·9 | 100·0 | 92·3 | 60·0 | 87·5 | 0·60 | 0·53 | 0·88 |
| Reduced fat | 0·62 | 0·33 | 0·81 | 71·2 | 72·4 | 97·4 | 71·2 | 47·0 | 86·7 | 0·74 | 0·33 | 0·83 |
| Yoghurt | 0·53 | 0·20 | 0·91 | 64·8 | 89·1 | 88·6 | 64·8 | 33·3 | 82·5 | 0·71 | 0·21 | 0·73 |
| Regular fat | 0·67 | 0·62 | 0·73 | 76·5 | 100 | 85·7 | 76·5 | 66·7 | 87·5 | 0·68 | 0·67 | 0·73 |
| Reduced fat | 0·46 | −0·01 | 0·70 | 59·0 | 83·7 | 90·0 | 59·0 | 16·7 | 80·0 | 0·48 | −0·02 | 0·73 |
| Other dairy | 0·28 | 0·16 | 0·44 | 80·0 | 77·0 | 100·0 | 80·0 | 55·6 | 33·3 | 0·80 | 0·20 | 0·53 |
| Regular fat | 0·24 | 0·07 | 0·44 | 60·0 | 76·2 | 100·0 | 60·0 | 33·3 | 33·3 | 0·52 | 0·08 | 0·53 |
| Reduced fat | 0·35 | 0·33 | – | 100·0 | 78·6 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 0·46 | 0·44 | 1·0 |
| Added fat | 0·50 | 0·36 | 0·64 | 90·7 | 78·1 | 92·8 | 71·7 | 67·4 | 70·9 | 0·65 | 0·37 | 0·66 |
| Regular fat | 0·56 | 0·38 | 0·69 | 72·7 | 68·1 | 94·0 | 72·7 | 76·1 | 75·4 | 0·62 | 0·38 | 0·72 |
| Reduced fat | 0·38 | 0·32 | 0·47 | 69·0 | 94·2 | 90·6 | 69·0 | 50·0 | 55·0 | 0·32 | 0·33 | 0·48 |
| Vegetables | 0·64 | 0·59 | 0·71 | 84·0 | 79·9 | 92·8 | 84·5 | 81·9 | 84·2 | 0·69 | 0·61 | 0·73 |
| Vegetables no potatoes | 0·64 | 0·58 | 0·73 | 83·2 | 78·9 | 92·4 | 84·2 | 81·3 | 84·0 | 0·67 | 0·61 | 0·74 |
| Fruit | 0·58 | 0·54 | 0·92 | 92·7 | 86·2 | 98·5 | 87·9 | 81·9 | 96·3 | 0·76 | 0·58 | 0·93 |
| All protein | 0·51 | ·038 | 0·59 | 88·2 | 79·5 | 96·0 | 76·2 | 68·6 | 73·8 | 0·57 | 0·42 | 0·62 |
| Processed meats | 0·66 | 0·64 | 0·63 | 75·0 | 94·2 | 100·0 | 75·0 | 76·7 | 50·0 | 0·75 | 0·65 | 0·68 |
| All other protein | 0·48 | 0·30 | 0·58 | 81·1 | 72·5 | 96·1 | 81·1 | 70·5 | 73·4 | 0·37 | 0·34 | 0·60 |
| Frozen desserts | 0·58 | 0·46 | 0·72 | 94·3 | 92·6 | 94·8 | 75·0 | 70·0 | 100·0 | 0·85 | 0·48 | 0·77 |
| Regular fat | 0·85 | 0·71 | 1·00 | 100·0 | 90·9 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 100·0 | 0·87 | 0·74 | 1·00 |
| Reduced fat | 0·31 | 0·21 | 0·44 | 50·0 | 93·3 | 93·0 | 50·0 | 40·0 | 100·0 | 0·31 | 0·21 | 0·53 |
| Microwavable/quick-cook foods | 0·85 | 0·88 | 0·81 | 96·8 | 97·5 | 88·6 | 84·7 | 92·0 | 93·3 | 0·81 | 0·88 | 0·82 |
| Bread | 0·55 | 0·52 | 0·39 | 89·4 | 92·1 | 88·5 | 72·2 | 70·9 | 72·2 | 0·52 | 0·56 | 0·46 |
| Whole wheat | 0·16 | 0·13 | 0·22 | 35·3 | 70·6 | 74·7 | 35·3 | 40·0 | 33·3 | 0·36 | 0·14 | 0·27 |
| White | 0·61 | 0·61 | 0·43 | 78·1 | 97·4 | 83·1 | 78·1 | 67·9 | 83·3 | 0·65 | 0·65 | 0·49 |
| Prepared desserts | 0·58 | 0·38 | 0·85 | 95·3 | 93·8 | 95·8 | 68·8 | 47·2 | 100·0 | 0·71 | 0·39 | 0·87 |
| Regular fat | 0·61 | 0·38 | 0·91 | 68·8 | 91·8 | 97·1 | 68·8 | 47·2 | 100·0 | 0·71 | 0·39 | 0·91 |
| Reduced fat | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Savoury snacks | 0·65 | 0·55 | 0·66 | 95·0 | 94·2 | 97·8 | 76·3 | 81·5 | 67·1 | 0·69 | 0·60 | 0·67 |
| Regular fat | 0·60 | 0·55 | 0·57 | 69·6 | 91·3 | 96·7 | 69·6 | 77·6 | 58·9 | 0·61 | 0·60 | 0·59 |
| Reduced fat | 0·67 | 0·50 | 0·50 | 75·0 | 85·6 | 75·0 | 75·0 | 66·7 | 50·0 | 0·68 | 0·52 | 0·50 |
| Beverages | 0·69 | 0·66 | 0·74 | 91·4 | 90·4 | 89·8 | 83·0 | 85·1 | 88·1 | 0·61 | 0·69 | 0·74 |
| Regular sugar | 0·71 | 0·79 | 0·76 | 81·7 | 97·2 | 90·7 | 81·7 | 90·5 | 90·0 | 0·64 | 0·81 | 0·76 |
| Low sugar | 0·66 | 0·54 | 0·70 | 84·9 | 81·9 | 87·5 | 84·9 | 79·6 | 85·4 | 0·69 | 0·56 | 0·70 |
| Dry breakfast cereal | ||||||||||||
| Low sugar | 0·51 | 0·25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0·69 | 0·49 | 0·89 |
| High sugar | 0·41 | 0·16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0·52 | 0·07 | 0·81 |
| Kitchen accessibility | 0·29 | 0·13 | 0.41 | 80·4 | 78·1 | 86·1 | 56·7 | 49·6 | 81·6 | 0·28 | 0·15 | 0·47 |
| Access to healthy foods | 0·26 | 0·13 | 0·31 | 58·4 | 88·9 | 88·1 | 58·4 | 48·5 | 100·0 | 0·25 | 0·17 | 0·43 |
| Access to unhealthy foods | 0·29 | 0·13 | 0·46 | 56·7 | 69·1 | 84·3 | 56·7 | 50·0 | 72·5 | 0·28 | 0·14 | 0·48 |
| Refrigerator accessibility | 0·45 | 0·47 | 0·47 | 83·2 | 81·9 | 84·7 | 66·7 | 71·1 | 66·0 | 0·33 | 0·53 | 0·48 |
| Access to healthy foods | 0·42 | 0·52 | 0·41 | 70·3 | 77·6 | 92·4 | 70·3 | 88·3 | 71·9 | 0·31 | 0·46 | 0·41 |
| Access to unhealthy foods | 0·51 | 0·42 | 0·56 | 61·0 | 90·4 | 86·1 | 61·0 | 50·3 | 81·6 | 0·52 | 0·15 | 0·60 |
| Obesogenic food availability score | 0·57 | 0·48 | 0·71 | 91·8 | 89·7 | 93·1 | 70·6 | 65·0 | 79·9 | 0·78 | 0·50 | 0·73 |