Skip to main content
. 2013 May 1;13:420. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-420

Table 6.

Agreement between linked and self-reported data by participant characteristics

Participants' characteristics N Agreement N (%)
Disagreement N (%)
% Total agreement Kappa (95% CI)
Both yes Both no SR yes LD no SR no LD yes
Age
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16-35
158
16 (10.1)
125 (79.1)
5 (3.2)
12 (7.6)
89.2
0.59 (0.42, 0.77)
36-50
715
64 (9.0)
590 (82.5)
26 (3.6)
35 (4.9)
91.5
0.63 (0.54, 0.71)
51+
583
38 (6.5)
472 (81.0)
38 (6.5)
35 (6.0)
87.5
0.44 (0.33, 0.55)
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Male
1069
93 (8.7)
865 (80.9)
49 (4.6)
62 (5.8)
89.6
0.57 (0.49, 0.64)
Female
387
25 (6.5)
322 (83.2)
20 (5.2)
20 (5.2)
89.7
0.50 (0.36, 0.63)
Ethnicity
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maori
46
3 (6.5)
40 (87.0)
1 (2.2)
2 (4.4)
93.5
0.63 (0.25, 1.00)
Non-Maori
1410
115 (8.2)
1147 (81.4)
68 (4.8)
80 (5.7)
89.5
0.55 (0.48, 0.61)
Level of education
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
High school (secondary) or less
240
13 (5.4)
193 (80.4)
15 (6.3)
19 (7.9)
85.8
0.35 (0.18, 0.52)
Polytechnic
370
31 (8.4)
305 (82.4)
14 (3.8)
20 (5.4)
90.8
0.59 (0.47, 0.72)
University
846
74 (8.8)
689 (81.4)
40 (4.7)
43 (5.1)
90.2
0.58 (0.50, 0.66)
NZDep 2006 scores*
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1-3
752
61 (8.1)
600 (79.8)
43 (5.7)
48 (6.4)
87.9
0.50 (0.41, 0.59)
4-7
516
44 (8.5)
426 (82.6)
19 (3.7)
27 (5.2)
91.1
0.61 (0.50, 0.71)
8-10
174
13 (7.5)
149 (85.6)
6 (3.5)
6 (3.5)
93.1
0.65 (0.46, 0.83)
Urbanity of residence
 
 
         
Main urban area
1165
98 (8.4)
943 (80.9)
58 (5.0)
66 (5.7)
89.4
0.55 (0.48, 0.62)
Others
277
20 (7.2)
232 (83.8)
10 (3.6)
15 (5.4)
91.0
0.56 (0.41, 0.72)
Region of residence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Auckland
531
37 (7.0)
431 (81.2)
30 (5.7)
33 (6.2)
88.1
0.47 (0.36, 0.58)
Wellington
313
27 (8.6)
251 (80.2)
14 (4.5)
21 (6.7)
88.8
0.54 (0.41, 0.68)
Others
598
54 (9.0)
493 (82.4)
24 (4.0)
27 (4.5)
91.5
0.63 (0.54, 0.72)
Pre-existing medical conditionƚ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yes
296
23 (7.8)
237 (80.1)
21 (7.1)
15 (5.1)
87.8
0.49 (0.35, 0.63)
No
1160
95 (8.2)
950 (81.9)
48 (4.1)
67 (5.8)
90.1
0.57 (0.50, 0.64)
Hours spent cycling a week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0-2
237
12 (5.0)
212 (89.5)
3 (1.3)
10 (4.2)
94.5
0.62 (0.43, 0.81)
3-5
552
47 (8.5)
444 (80.4)
31 (5.6)
30 (5.4)
88.9
0.54 (0.44, 0.64)
6+
667
59 (8.8)
531 (79.6)
35 (5.2)
42 (6.3)
88.5
0.54 (0.45, 0.63)
Confidence of reporting having crashes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sure or very sure
1413
117 (8.3)
1150 (81.4)
68 (4.8)
78 (5.5)
89.7
0.56 (0.49, 0.62)
Others 43 1 (2.3) 37 (86.1) 1 (2.3) 4 (9.3) 88.4 0.23 (−0.20, 0.68)

* 2006 New Zealand Deprivation Index with decile ten the most deprived neighbourhood and decile one the least.

ƚ Heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes or high blood pressure.

SR, Self-reports; LD, Linked Data.