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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Disabil Rehabil. 2012 Jun 7;35(3):191–197. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2012.690498

Table 2.

Frequency of the PASE-C items by sex, residential status and Kappa values for each PASE-C item

PASE component Frequency Total Men Women Assisted Living Community Living No of categories Kappa
Leisure time activity (h/day)
 Walking outside home 0.83 1.17 0.7 0.5 1.2 4 0.45
 Light sports and recreational activities 0.35 0.53 0.28 0.3 0.4 4 0.33
 Moderate sports and recreational activities 0.33 0.64 0.21 0.0 0.7 4 0.51
 Strenuous sports and recreational activities 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.0 0.0 4 0.65
 Muscle strength/endurance exercise 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.1 0.0 4 0.43
Household activity (%)
 Light housework 90.9 73.7 97.9 94.1 87.5 2 0.78
 Heavy housework or chores 28.8 36.8 25.5 2.9 56.3 2 0.64
 Home repairs 4.5 15.8 0.0 2.9 6.3 2 0.39
 Lawn work or yard care 9.1 15.8 6.4 0 18. 8 2 0.17
 Outdoor gardening 6.1 10.5 4.3 0 12.5 2 0.85
 Caring for another person 19.7 21.1 19.1 14.7 25.0 2 0.62
Work-related activity
Work for pay or as a volunteer (h/day) 0.16 0.68 0.20 0.7 0.5 2 0.92