Physical and social environmental characteristics of physical activity for Mexican-origin children: examining differences between school year and summer perceptions

Table 2 Item discordance between mother and child reports (Cohen’s Kappa coefficients)

Opportunities	Spring	Summer	Barriers	Spring	Summer
H-Trampoline	0.68	0.86	No transportation	0.18	0.07
H-Weight machine	0.27	0.42	Dogs	0.00	0.04
H-Balls	0.28	0.12	Energy	-0.03	0
H-Functional bball hoop	0.43	0.78	Traffic	0.17	0.06
H-Bikes	0.34	0.34	Crime	0.25	0.00
H-Swing set	0.62	0.88	Motivation	0.11	-0.06
H-Scooter	0.26	0.55	No place like a park	0.29	0.08
H-Volleyball	0.48	0.20	No partner	0.34	-0.04
H-Toy wagon	0.14	0.11	Immigration status	-0.02	0
H-Tire swing	0.23	0.54	Kidnappings	0.02	-0.08
H-Tires to roll	0.19	0.27	Time	0.16	0.06
H-Push car	0.19	0.29	Small kids at home	-0.02	-0.03
H-Play car	0.23	0.27	Adequate clothing	0.19	0.09
H-Patio	0.10	0.12	Can’t leave house	-0.02	-0.06
H-Paved driveway	0.52	0.59	No sidewalks	0.20	0.12
H-Pool	0.30	0.40	Trash	0.04	0.10
N-Trampoline	-0.08	0.17	No exercise place	0.26	0.19
N-Block	-0.08	0.01	No fenced space	0.03	0.04
N-Soccer field	0.04	0.26	No street lamps	0.12	0.05
N-Balls	-0.02	0.19	Farm animals	-0.04	0.30
N-Functional bball hoop	0.39	0.02	Gangs	-0.05	0.17
N-Kids in streets	-0.08	0.32	Fear of hurting	-0.05	0.25
N-Bikes	-0.02	-0.02	Not encouraged	0.14	-0.07
N-Good streets	0.11	0.31	Not fun	0.06	-0.11
N-Swing sets	0.01	0.36	Asthma	0.92	0.39
N-Walking route	-0.01	0.14	Heat	0.13	0.03
N-Volleyball	0.01	0.17	Bad weather	0.11	0.03
N-Parks	0.48	0.32	N-graffiti	0.48	0.41
N-Patios	-0.06	0.66
N-Open spaces/fields	-0.00	0.19
N-Paved roads	0.13	0.13
N-Tires to roll	0.07	0.38	Social support	*Spring*	*Summer*
N-Kids playing	0.00	0.03	Parents exercise w/ you	0.14	0.14
N-Rec building	0.48	0.21	Transportation	0.08	0.11
N-Playground	-0.09	0.26	Encouragement	0.08	-0.06
N-Stoplights	0.11	-0.03
N-Pool	0.17	0.21

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