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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ethn Health. 2010 Apr;15(2):181–197. doi: 10.1080/13557851003615552

Table 3.

Mean kappa coefficients for GSHS content by topic, age, and language of survey

Category Mean Kappa Mean kappa, core items only
All items .47 .52

By Topic

 Alcohol use .72 .72
 Dietary behaviors .38 .33
 Mental Health .51 .51
 Physical Activity .43 .43
 Protective Factors .51 .51
 Sexual Behaviors .69 .69
 Tobacco .49 .62
 Violence and injury .41 .41
By Age

 15 years (n = 30) 0.42 .45
 16-20 years (n = 51) 0.49 .53
By Language of Survey

 English (n = 21) 0.53 .58
 Local dialect (n=60) 0.41 .46