A contextually relevant approach to assessing health risk behavior in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting: the Kilifi health risk behavior questionnaire

Table 4 Mean Gwet’s AC1 coefficients and their 95% confidence intervals summarized by participants’ demographic and health behavior categories

Characteristic (N = 85)	Mean Gwet’s AC1	95% CI for Gwet’s AC1
Sex
Male	0.81^a	0.66, 0.94
Female	0.83^a	0.70, 0.95
Adolescent group
Young adolescents (10–14 yrs)	0.81^a	0.67, 0.94
Older adolescent (15–19 yrs)	0.83^a	0.69, 0.95
School level
Primary (Class 5–8)	0.82^a	0.69, 0.94
Secondary (Form 1–2)	0.83^a	0.67, 0.96
Risk behavior categories
Behavior related to Injury and Violence	0.85	0.76, 0.93
Tobacco Use behaviors	0.85	0.77, 0.94
Alcohol and other drug use behavior	0.96	0.91, 0.99
Sexual Behaviors	0.94	0.88, 0.99
Dietary Behaviors	0.60	0.43, 0.77
Physical Activity Behaviors	0.74	0.59, 0.88
Gambling behavior	0.73	0.59, 0.87
Hygiene behavior	0.89	0.82, 0.96

^aMean Gwet AC1 per demographic group and health behavior is based on the 60 items used in test evaluation

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