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Table 4 Reliability metrics when assessing race/ethnicity and physical activity in distinct observation conditions

From: Use of SOPARC to assess physical activity in parks: do race/ethnicity, contextual conditions, and settings of the target area, affect reliability?

 

Sedentary

Moderate

Vigorous

Asian

N = 4101

43.6%

Latino

N = 3500

40.2%

African American

N = 1568

32.9%

Asian

N = 4133

43.9%

Latino

N = 3966

45.5%

African American

N = 2372

49.8%

Asian

N = 1171

12.5%

Latino

N = 1247

14.3%

African American

N = 816

17.2%

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

ICCa

Agr.b

Average people counted

  < = 5.00

0.73

0.88

0.67

0.80

0.60

0.85

0.66

0.81

0.58

0.69

0.54

0.76

0.50

0.90

0.47

0.86

0.46

0.90

 5.01–15.00

0.82

0.67*

0.72

0.54*

0.61

0.68*

0.73

0.62*

0.57

0.41*

0.64

0.60*

0.50

0.75*

0.44

0.67*

0.60

0.79*

 15.01+

0.90

0.46*

0.79

0.28*

0.23

0.54*

0.76

0.41*

0.58

0.32*

0.43

0.45*

0.42

0.59*

0.41

0.54*

0.45

0.79*

Day of week

 Weekday

0.91

0.77

0.76

0.62

0.52

0.71

0.79

0.71

0.63

0.52

0.62

0.63

0.47

0.81

0.47

0.73

0.51

0.81

 Weekend

0.88

0.68*

0.81

0.66*

0.26

0.81*

0.73

0.59*

0.62

0.52

0.53

0.72*

0.53

0.76*

0.44

0.76

0.76

0.89*

Time of day

 10-11 am

0.93

0.62

0.45

0.62

0.34

0.8

0.49

0.51

0.38

0.51

0.22

0.68

0.42

0.72

0.07

0.73

0.06

0.86

 3 pm–4 pm

0.93

0.77*

0.84

0.65

0.60

0.73*

0.75

0.73*

0.62

0.56

0.66

0.64

0.66

0.83*

0.52

0.77

0.57

0.84

 4.30–5.30 pm

0.91

0.75*

0.77

0.58

0.37

0.68*

0.85

0.71*

0.62

0.49

0.62

0.62

0.54

0.82*

0.42

0.73

0.42

0.81

 6-7 pm

0.88

0.74*

0.76

0.64

0.55

0.76

0.8

0.65*

0.66

0.51

0.61

0.67

0.42

0.78

0.46

0.73

0.66

0.83

Round

 1

0.89

0.74

0.80

0.63

0.46

0.74

0.75

0.67

0.62

0.53

0.61

0.65

0.60

0.80

0.55

0.74

0.51

0.83

 2

0.91

0.76

0.81

0.62

0.59

0.73

0.79

0.68

0.59

0.51

0.64

0.66

0.36

0.79

0.4

0.73

0.65

0.84

 3

0.92

0.73

0.71

0.64

0.62

0.76

0.79

0.67

0.68

0.53

0.57

0.65

0.57

0.79

0.45

0.74

0.53

0.83

 4

0.91

0.75

0.76

0.65

0.37

0.73

0.8

0.69

0.63

0.51

0.65

0.63

0.46

0.82

0.43

0.75

0.62

0.83

Formally organized

 N

0.90

0.74

0.79

0.63

0.50

0.74

0.78

0.68

0.63

0.52

0.61

0.65

0.50

0.80

0.46

0.74

0.58

0.83

 Y

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.64

0.51

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Informally organized

 N

0.91

0.73

0.79

0.64

0.51

0.76

0.73

0.66

0.61

0.54

0.52

0.67

0.41

0.78

0.45

0.75

0.45

0.85

 Y

0.76

0.79*

0.69

0.61

0.47

0.68*

0.83

0.73*

0.63

0.47*

0.67

0.59*

0.49

0.83*

0.49

0.69*

0.64

0.78*

Shade cover

 None

0.92

0.72

0.69

0.61

0.45

0.72

0.78

0.66

0.57

0.52

0.64

0.64

0.53

0.80

0.46

0.77

0.55

0.83

 Some

0.86

0.71

0.76

0.65

0.54

0.76*

0.75

0.67

0.66

0.55

0.63

0.66

0.39

0.79

0.49

0.75

0.65

0.86

 Complete

0.89

0.81*

0.82

0.62

0.52

0.73

0.77

0.71*

0.62

0.49

0.58

0.66

0.46

0.8

0.45

0.69*

0.45

0.80*

Target area

 Basketball

0.71

0.75

0.51

0.74

0.46

0.76

0.79

0.65

0.51

0.55

0.66

0.61

0.46

0.75

0.59

0.80

0.63

0.77

 Baseball/Handball

0.76

0.67*

0.77

0.62*

0.44

0.91*

0.63

0.54*

0.70

0.49*

0.61

0.87*

0.19

0.71

0.29

0.69*

–

–

 Playground

0.90

0.73

0.81

0.58*

0.52

0.65*

0.76

0.68

0.62

0.49

0.28

0.58

0.56

0.78

0.42

0.69*

0.35

0.80

 Swings

0.84

0.82*

0.77

0.64*

0.72

0.76

0.86

0.73*

0.61

0.47*

0.52

0.57

0.60

0.87*

0.63

0.71*

0.52

0.84*

 Water

0.91

0.67*

0.69

0.64*

0.30

0.71

0.74

0.71

0.62

0.63*

0.42

0.72*

–

–

0.46

0.84

–

–

 Other

0.96

0.75

0.78

0.48*

0.36

0.78

0.50

0.78*

0.68

0.59

0.64

0.84*

0.66

0.91*

0.42

0.8

–

–

Total

0.90

 

0.78

 

0.49

 

0.78

 

0.63

 

0.61

 

0.5

 

0.46

 

0.58

 
  1. aBivariate Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC)
  2. bMarginal effects of binary logistic regression calculated at the sample means of all covariates. Interobserver agreement when assessing the number of park users per each race/ethnicity and physical activity as the dependent variable
  3. - Insufficient sample size
  4. * α < 0.05