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Table 3 Reliability estimates on demographic, health risk factors and co-morbidity of people aged 16 years and over in South Australia, Australia

From: Reliability of self-reported health risk factors and chronic conditions questions collected using the telephone in South Australia, Australia

 

Response at 1stinterview (%)

Response at 2ndinterview (%)

Observed Agreement (%)

Expected Agreement (%)

 

Reliability value

Age

    

ICC

1.00

16-34 years

10.4

10.4

    

35-54 years

21.4

21.4

    

55 years and over

68.2

68.2

    

Gender

  

100.0

51.2

Kappa

100.0

Male

42.2

42.2

    

Female

57.8

57.8

    

Number of people in household aged 16 +

ICC

0.97 (0.97 - 0.98)

Number of people in household aged < 16

ICC

0.99 (0.99 -1.00)

Region of birth

  

99.4

62.1

Kappa

0.98 (0.95 – 0.99)

Oceania and Antarctica

76.6

77.3

   

North West Europe

16.9

16.2

    

Southern and Eastern Europe

2.6

2.6

    

North East Asia

0.6

0.6

    

Southern and Central Asia

1.9

1.9

    

Americas

1.3

1.3

    

Health service used in last 4 weeks

Mean (sd)

4.7 (4.917)

4.8 (5.937)

  

ICC

0.90 (0.86 - 0.93)

Range

0-30

0-52

    

Number of times provided

95.5

99.4

    

Not stated

4.5

0.6

    

HEALTH STATUS

      

Overall health status

  

85.8

64.3

Weighted Kappaa

0.60 (0.46 - 0.75)

Excellent

13.0

13.0

   

Very good

36.4

39.6

    

Good

31.8

34.4

    

Fair

16.2

9.7

    

Poor

2.6

3.2

    

Health conditions (ever been diagnosed by a doctor)

Asthma (ever)

14.3

13.0

93.5

76.4

Kappa

0.72 (0.56 - 0.87)

Diabetes

8.4

8.4

100.0

84.5

Kappa

1.00

Arthritis

26.0

27.3

92.2

60.9

Kappa

0.80 (0.693 - 0.91)

Heart attack

6.5

6.5

97.4

87.9

Kappa

0.79 (0.583 - 0.99)

Angina

3.2

4.5

98.7

92.5

Kappa

0.83 (0.592 - 0.99)

Heart disease

3.9

3.2

96.8

93.1

Kappa

0.52 (0.17 - 0.89)

Stroke

2.6

1.9

99.4

95.6

Kappa

0.85 (0.57 - 0.99)

Osteoporosis

7.1

5.8

99.4

87.9

Kappa

0.79 (0.58 - 0.99)

HEALTH-RELATED RISK FACTORS

Ever been told by doctor or nurse you have …

High blood pressure

35.1

37.0

91.6

53.9

Kappa

0.82 (0.72 - 0.91)

High cholesterol

38.3

37.7

90.3

52.9

Kappa

0.79 (0.69 - 0.89)

Height (cms)

      

Mean (sd)

169.6 (9.735)

169.2 (9.429)

  

ICC

0.97 (0.96 - 0.98)

Range

147.3-193.0

147.3-193.0

    

Height provided

98.7

98.7

    

Not stated

1.3

1.9

    

Weight (kgs)

      

Mean (sd)

77.3 (17.117)

77.5 (17.150)

  

ICC

1.00 (0.99 - 1.00)

Range

44.5-151

44.5-150

    

Weight provided

96.8

96.1

    

Not stated

3.2

3.9

    

BMI (derived) c

      

Mean (sd)

26.7 (4.918)

27.1 (4.980)

  

ICC

0.98 (0.98 - 0.99)

Range

17.1-47.8

18.5-47.5

    

BMI calculated

96.1

95.4

    

Not stated

3.9

4.6

    

Body Mass Index (derived)

  

97.9

70.2

Weighted Kappaa

0.93 (0.75 - 1.00)

Underweight (<18.5)

0.7

-

   

Normal (> = 18.5 & < 25)

43.5

40.4

    

Overweight (> = 25 & <30)

32.0

34.2

    

Obese (> = 30)

23.8

25.3

    

Which best describes your home smoking situation….

96.1

86.0

Kappa

0.59 (0.33 - 0.85)

My home is smoke free (includes smoking is allowed outside)

94.2

94.3

    

People occasionally smoke in the house

3.9

3.8

    

People frequently smoke in the house

1.9

1.9

    

Which of the following describes your smoking status..

84.4

38.2

Kappa

0.75 (0.66 - 0.84)

I smoke daily

8.4

7.8

    

I smoke occasionally

2.6

3.9

    

I don't smoke now but I used to

27.3

29.2

    

I've tried it a few times but never smoked regularly

6.5

6.5

    

I've never smoked

55.2

52.6

    

Smoking status (derived)

  

89.0

42.4

Kappa

0.81 (0.72 - 0.89)

Smoker

55.2

52.6

    

Ex -smoker

33.8

35.7

    

Non -smoker

11.0

11.7

    

Alcohol consumption

      

Number of days a week drink alcohol …

83.0

37.5

Weighted Kappab

0.75 (0.64 - 0.85)

Don't drink alcohol

20.1

25.3

    

Less than once per week

26.0

18.8

    

1

14.9

18.2

    

2

11.7

9.1

    

3

5.8

8.4

    

4

3.2

3.2

    

5

4.5

6.5

    

6

0.6

1.3

    

7

13.0

9.1

    

Number of standard drinks per day when drinking....

ICC

0.75 (0.63 - 0.83)

Mean (sd)

2.5 (2.562)

2.3 (2.013)

    

Range

1-20

1-12

    

Number of drinks provided

100.0

100.0

    

Not stated

-

-

    

Risk to health due to alcohol consumption (short term) (derived)

95.0

85.3

Weighted Kappab

0.66 (0.45 - 0.87

Non- drinker

20.1

25.3

    

Low risk

54.5

51.3

   

Risky

23.4

20.8

    

High risk

1.9

2.6

    

Serves vegetables per day

ICC

0.64 (0.50 - 0.74)

Mean (sd)

3.0 (1.453)

3.0 (1.600)

    

Range

0.5 - 8.0

0 - 8.0

    

Serves per day provided

100.0

98.7

    

Not stated

-

1.3

    

1 or less serves (derived)

14.3

17.1

93.2

86.2

Weighted Kappaa

0.50 (0.32 - 0.69)

2 to 4 serves

69.5

66.4

   

5 or more serves

16.2

16.4

    

Serves fruit per day

    

ICC

0.83 (0.77 - 0.88)

Mean (sd)

1.7 (1.034)

1.6 (1.069)

    

Range

0 - 8.0

0 - 8.0

    

Serves per day provided

100.0

100.0

    

Not stated

-

-

    

None to 1 serves (derived)

46.1

54.5

96.0

89.0

Weighted Kappaa

0.60 (0.45 - 0.76)

2 or more serves

53.9

45.5

   

Total time walking in a week (mins)

ICC

0.47 (0.27 - 0.61)

Mean (sd)

120.4 (163.3)

99.3 (163.1)

    

Range

0-1200

0-1260

    

Minutes/hours per week provided

100.0

97.4

    

Not stated

-

2.6

    
  1. Note : ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient.
  2. a: weighting system used: 1 (perfect agreement), 0.8 (difference of 1 category) and 0 (difference of 2 to 4 categories).
  3. b: weighting system used: 1 (perfect agreement), 0.9 (difference of 1 category) and 0 (difference of 2 to 8).
  4. c: only calculated for respondents aged 18 years and over (n = 153).