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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Behav. 2012 Apr 10;45(4):526–547. doi: 10.1177/0013916512436421

Table 7.

Evidence for test-retest reliability using 4 weeks of surveys (n=232)

Q1. Usual frequency of park visits Q2. Usual duration of park visits Q3. Park activities

ICC (95% CI) ICC (95% CI) Overall Kappa* (95% CI)
Overall 0.88 (0.86, 0.91) 0.82 (0.78, 0.85) 0.59 (0.54, 0.64)
Stratified analysis:
Gender
 Male 0.86 (0.82, 0.89) 0.81 (0.76, 0.85) 0.63 (0.57, 0.70)
 Female 0.86 (0.82, 0.89) 0.81 (0.76, 0.85) 0.47 (0.40, 0.54)
Age
 18–35 0.89 (0.86, 0.92) 0.82 (0.77, 0.86) 0.56 (0.49, 0.64)
 36–59 0.89 (0.85, 0.92) 0.87 (0.82, 0.91) 0.57 (0.49, 0.66)
 >=60 0.86 (0.79, 0.92) 0.73 (0.62, 0.83) 0.64 (0.53, 0.74)
Race/Ethnicity
 non-Hispanic White 0.88 (0.85, 0.91) 0.89 (0.86, 0.92) 0.77 (0.71, 0.84)
 non-Hispanic Black 0.84 (0.78, 0.90) 0.59 (0.47, 0.71) 0.34 (0.25, 0.43)
 Hispanic or Other 0.95 (0.93, 0.97) 0.87 (0.82, 0.92) 0.53 (0.43, 0.63)
Education
 College or more 0.90 (0.87, 0.92) 0.86 (0.82, 0.89) 0.71 (0.65, 0.78)
 Some college or vocational 0.86 (0.79, 0.91) 0.83 (0.76, 0.89) 0.62 (0.52, 0.72)
 Less than high school, high school, or GED 0.86 (0.80, 0.91) 0.72 (0.61, 0.81) 0.28 (0.18, 0.38)
Body mass index
 Under or normal weight 0.86 (0.82, 0.90) 0.86 (0.82, 0.90) 0.69 (0.61, 0.78)
 Overweight 0.92 (0.88, 0.94) 0.88 (0.84, 0.92) 0.65 (0.57, 0.73)
 Obese 0.87 (0.82, 0.91) 0.70 (0.60, 0.78) 0.45 (0.36, 0.54)
Participant Recruitment
 Household interview 0.89 (0.84, 0.93) 0.89 (0.84, 0.93) 0.54 (0.49, 0.59)
 Park user 0.87 (0.84, 0.89) 0.77 (0.73, 0.82) 0.70 (0.59, 0.81)
State
 CA 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) 0.86 (0.80, 0.91) 0.64 (0.53, 0.76)
 NC 0.94 (0.91, 0.96) 0.88 (0.82, 0.92) 0.78 (0.66, 0.89)
 NM 0.92 (0.88, 0.95) 0.91 (0.86, 0.94) 0.76 (0.66, 0.85)
 OH 0.80 (0.71, 0.87) 0.75 (0.64, 0.83) 0.59 (0.48, 0.70)
 PA 0.80 (0.70, 0.87) 0.71 (0.59, 0.82) 0.26 (0.15, 0.38)

ICC= intraclass correlation coefficient; CI=confidence interval

*

Overall kappa is a simple kappa that accounts for the four repeat survey administrations within person.