Table 4. Percent Agreement Between Self and Maternal Reports of Adolescents' General Health Status, NLSY97a,b.
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| Self reports of adolescents' health | Excellent | N | Very Good | N | Good | N | Fair/Poor | N | Total | N |
| Full sample | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 52.39% | 1,731 | 25.94% | 476 | 19.86% | 234 | 11.71% | 28 | 38.37% | 2,469 |
| Very good | 32.17% | 1,020 | 47.64% | 830 | 28.30% | 310 | 15.13% | 32 | 34.15% | 2,192 |
| Good | 13.22% | 456 | 22.87% | 427 | 41.72% | 468 | 41.15% | 80 | 22.25% | 1,431 |
| Fair/poor | 2.22% | 85 | 3.56% | 75 | 10.12% | 117 | 32.00% | 59 | 5.23% | 336 |
| Girls | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 51.62% | 809 | 20.56% | 198 | 16.89% | 101 | 6.26% | 11 | 35.08% | 1,119 |
| Very good | 32.04% | 487 | 50.79% | 442 | 26.25% | 147 | 12.56% | 17 | 34.39% | 1,093 |
| Good | 14.49% | 243 | 24.47% | 236 | 45.37% | 261 | 41.06% | 43 | 24.59% | 783 |
| Fair/poor | 1.84% | 36 | 4.18% | 46 | 11.48% | 67 | 40.12% | 40 | 5.94% | 189 |
| Boys | ||||||||||
| Excellent | 53.08% | 922 | 31.49% | 278 | 23.00% | 133 | 18.64% | 17 | 41.60% | 1,350 |
| Very good | 32.28% | 533 | 44.39% | 388 | 30.47% | 163 | 18.42% | 15 | 33.91% | 1,099 |
| Good | 12.07% | 213 | 21.21% | 191 | 37.84% | 207 | 41.26% | 37 | 19.96% | 648 |
| Fair/poor | 2.56% | 49 | 2.91% | 29 | 8.69% | 50 | 21.68% | 19 | 4.53% | 147 |
NLSY97 = National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 Cohort.
a
N=6,435 adolescents with no missing self or maternal reports of adolescents' general health status.
b
Percent agreement is weighted using the nationally representative weights from the NLSY.