Table 2.

Reliability of adapted GSHS items¹ in a sub-sample of the HEALTHY Fiji sample of adolescent Fijian girls (N=81)

Item	Prevalence, Time 1 (n)	Prevalence, Time 2 (n)	Kappa	Percent Agreement	N
Alcohol use
Drank alcohol, past 30 days*	12.5 (80)	12.4 (81)	.66	93	80
≥1 drink per day on drinking days, past 30 days*	8.8 (80)	7.4 (81)	.75	96	80
Method of procuring alcohol*	Friends, 10.12 (80)	Friends, 6.22 (81)	.76	95	81
Ever been drunk*	22.5 (80)	19.8 (81)	.70	90	80
Dietary behaviors
Hungry sometimes or mostly*	55.6 (81)	25.9 (81)	.34	65	81
Times/day ate fruit, past 30 days*	At least 1/day: 66.72 (81)	At least 1×/day: 59.42 (81)	.31	33	81
Times/day ate vegetables, past 30 days*	At least 1/day: 88.92 (81)	At least 1×/day: 82.92 (81)	.33	38	81
Ate breakfast rarely or never, past 30 days	15.0 (80)	11.1 (81)	.18	81	80
Perceive self as overweight	68.0 (78)	62.5 (80)	.49	77	77
Trying to lose weight	51.9 (79)	61.7 (81)	.52	76	79
Drank soda, past 30 days	62.5 (80)	45.6 (79)	.50	74	78
Ate fast food, past 7 days	43.8 (80)	37.0 (81)	.51	76	80
Been weighed and measured, past 12 months	19.8 (81)	36.3 (80)	.13	64	80
Exercised to lose or keep from gaining weight, past 30 days	45.7 (81)	32.5 (80)	.51	76	80
Ate less food, fewer calories, or less fat to lose or keep from gaining weight, past 30 days	47.5 (80)	42.0 (81)	.75	88	80
Fasted to lose or keep from gaining weight, past 30 days	13.8 (80)	14.8 (81)	.44	86	80
Vomited or took laxatives to lose or keep from gaining weight, past 30 days	3.7 (81)	5.0 (80)	.25	94	80
Took diet pills, powders or liquids to lose or keep from gaining weight, past 30 days	3.8 (79)	1.3 (80)			79
Weight change, past 30 days	DK, 62.52 (80)	DK, 63.82 (80)	.32	63	80
Exercised to gain weight, past 30 days	20.0 (80)	11.1 (81)	.11	76	80
Ate more food, calories or fat to gain weight, past 30 days	27.9 (79)	18.5 (81)	.48	81	79
Took diet pills, powers or liquids to gain weight, past 30 days	0.0 (80)	2.5 (79)			79
Taught benefits of healthy eating, this school year	71.6 (81)	75.3 (81)	.19	65	81
Taught benefits of eating fruits and vegetables, this school year	80.3 (81)	76.5 (81)	.35	77	81
Taught healthy ways to gain weight, this school year	27.5 (80)	29.6 (81)	.34	58	80
Taught healthy ways to lose weight, this school year	39.2 (79)	42.0 (81)	.57	72	79
Taught how to make healthy meals and snacks, this school year	58.2 (79)	62.5 (80)	.41	68	78
Mental health
Felt lonely, past 12 months*	10.0 (80)	6.2 (81)	.42	91	80
So worried that couldn't sleep, past 12 months*	7.6 (79)	3.7 (81)	.41	94	79
Sad/hopeless, stopped doing usual activities for ≥ 2 weeks, past 12 months*	46.3 (80)	29.6 (81)	.41	71	80
Seriously considered attempting suicide, past 12 months*	9.9 (81)	7.4 (81)	.69	95	81
Made a plan about attempting suicide, past 12 months*	12.4 (81)	9.9 (81)	.63	93	81
No close friends*	1.2 (81)	1.2 (81)			81
Attempted suicide, past 12 months	1.2 (81)	3.7 (81)			81
Made injurious suicide attempt, past 12 months	0.0 (79)	2.5 (81)			79
Physical activity
Days physically active, past 7 days*	1.63 (80)	1.33 (81)	.42	56	80
Days physically active, typical week*	1.83 (80)	1.53 (81)	.49	56	80
Hours/day sitting activities on typical day >2*	18.24 (77)	17.54 (80)	.30	79	77
Days walked or biked to school, past 7 days*	2.73 (78)	2.63 (79)	.50	73	78
Time to/from school, past 7 days*	>=60min: 34.72 (75)	>=60min: 22.72 (79)	.45	41	75
Absence of Protective Factors
Miss class or school without permission, past 30 days*	60.0 (80)	53.1 (81)	.75	88	80
Most students in school were never or rarely kind and helpful, past 30 days*	17.5 (80)	18.8 (80)	.45	84	80
Parents never or rarely checked if homework done, past 30 days*	17.7 (79)	20.0 (80)	.42	82	79
Parents never or rarely understood your problems or worries, past 30 days*	22.8 (79)	40.3 (77)	.39	73	77
Parents never or rarely knew what you were doing in your free time, past 30 days*	30.8 (78)	38.8 (80)	.52	78	78
Sexual behaviors
Ever had sexual intercourse*	19.5 (77)	20.0 (80)	.92	97	77
Age, first intercourse, in those reporting intercourse*	Mean age: 15.4 (17)	Mean age: 15.2 (16)	.72	79	14
Two or more lifetime sexual partners*	1.3 (77)	2.5 (80)			77
Sexual intercourse, past 12 months*	10.3 (78)	7.5 (80)	.69	95	78
Condom use during last intercourse*	5.19 (78)	6.25 (80)	.41	94	78
Tobacco
Smoked first cigarette at age < 13 years*	3.7 (81)	3.7 (81)	.65	98	81
Smoked cigarettes, past 30 days*	24.7 (81)	19.8 (81)	.72	90	81
Used other forms of tobacco, past 30 days*	10.0 (80)	6.2 (81)	.50	90	80
Tried to quit smoking, past 12 months*	25.0 (80)	58.0 (81)	.59	84	80
Days people smoked in your presence, past 7 days*	Some or more: 71.62 (81)	Some or more: 58.02 (81)	.37	46	81
At least one parent or guardian uses any form of tobacco*	50.0 (78)	50.6 (80)	.87	94	78
See actors smoking most of the time or always	25.3 (80)	18.5 (81)	.29	75	80
See cigarette brand names in advertisements, past 30 days	>=sometimes: 42.52 (80)	>=sometimes: 40.02 (81)	.27	43	80
See cigarette billboard ads, past 30 days	Any: 58.82 (80)	Any: 48.12 (81)	.46	67	80
Think girls who smoke have more friends	71.3 (80)	56.3 (80)	.38	65	79
Think smoking is harmful to health	Definitely yes: 74.12 (80)	Definitely yes: 80.32 (80)	.23	74	80
Most or all of closest friends smoke cigarettes	25.0 (80)	21.3 (80)	.52	68	80
Violence and unintentional injury
Physically attacked, past 12 months*	17.3 (81)	4.9 (81)	.28	85	81
In physical fight, past 12 months*	28.4 (81)	21.0 (81)	.21	70	81
Activity during most serious injury, past 12 months*	Sports: 7.42 (81)	Sports: 4.92 (81)	.43	78	81
Cause of most serious injury, past 12 months*	Fell: 11.12 (81)	Fell: 7.42 (81)	.61	88	81
Perpetrator and deliberateness of most serious injury, past 12 months*	Self accident: 3.82 (80)	Self accident: 9.92 (81)	.52	88	80
Type of most serious injury in past 12 months*	Broken bone: 6.32 (80)	Broken bone: 7.42 (81)	.47	86	80
Bullied, past 30 days*	15.2 (79)	7.4 (81)	.38	87	79

¹Approximate phrasing, behavior, or attitude assessed by the item;

^*denotes items drawn from GSHS core module content.

²Prevalence is given for most common response.

³Mean number of days

⁴Mean number of hours