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Table 2 Comparison of Means of Child and Parent Reports

From: Determinants of agreement between self-reported and parent-assessed quality of life for children in Germany-results of the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS)

  

Children

Parents

Correlation

Difference

abs. Difference

 

N

Mean

95%CI

Mean

95%CI

Pearson

ICC

MW

Effect size

MW

SD

All

           

   Total

6,388

72.6

(72.4-72.9)

74.3

(74.0-74.6)

0.49

0.49

-1.6

0.16

8.2

6.5

   Physical

6,277

70.7

(70.2-71.2)

74.1

(73.5-74.6)

0.46

0.45

-3.4

0.20

13.8

11.4

   Psychological

6,318

81.1

(80.7-81.5)

79.3

(78.9-79.7)

0.32

0.32

1.9

0.14

11.5

10.2

   Self-Esteem

6,332

58.4

(57.9-58.8)

67.4

(66.9-67.8)

0.27

0.23

-9.0

0.54

17.3

14.1

   Family

6,302

81.9

(81.5-82.3)

76.4

(76.0-76.8)

0.47

0.44

5.5

0.36

12.9

10.6

   Friends

6,386

77.5

(77.0-77.9)

77.2

(76.8-77.6)

0.41

0.41

0.3

0.02

11.9

10.2

   School

6,182

66.7

(66.1-67.3)

71.4

(70.9-72.0)

0.47

0.45

-4.7

0.29

13.5

11.3

Girls

           

   Total

3,141

71.3

(70.8-71.7)

73.9

(73.5-74.3)

0.51

0.49

-2.6

0.25

8.4

6.7

   Physical

3,089

67.1

(66.3-67.9)

71.6

(70.9-72.4)

0.48

0.46

-4.5

0.27

14.3

11.6

   Psychological

3,112

80.3

(79.7-80.9)

79.0

(78.4-79.6)

0.34

0.34

1.3

0.10

11.7

10.3

   Self-Esteem

3,119

56.1

(55.4-56.8)

67.2

(66.6-67.8)

0.30

0.30

-11.1

0.66

17.7

14.5

   Family

3,108

81.4

(80.8-82.0)

76.5

(75.9-77.2)

0.48

0.45

4.9

0.31

12.9

10.6

   Friends

3,139

76.6

(76.1-77.2)

76.7

(76.2-77.2)

0.43

0.43

-0.1

0.00

11.8

10.0

   School

3,059

66.3

(65.6-67.1)

72.4

(71.6-73.1)

0.50

0.50

-6.0

0.36

13.6

11.3

Boys

           

   Total

3,247

74.0

(73.6-74.4)

74.7

(74.3-75.1)

0.48

0.48

-0.7

0.07

8.0

6.3

   Physical

3,188

74.2

(73.6-74.7)

76.5

(75.8-77.2)

0.41

0.40

-2.3

0.15

13.3

11.2

   Psychological

3,206

81.9

(81.4-82.4)

79.5

(79.0-80.0)

0.29

0.29

2.4

0.19

11.3

10.1

   Self-Esteem

3,213

60.6

(59.9-61.3)

67.5

(66.9-68.1)

0.25

0.23

-6.9

0.41

16.9

13.6

   Family

3,194

82.4

(81.9-83.0)

76.3

(75.7-76.9)

0.47

0.43

6.2

0.41

12.9

10.6

   Friends

3,247

78.3

(77.7-78.9)

77.7

(77.2-78.2)

0.40

0.40

0.6

0.04

12.0

10.3

   School

3,123

67.0

(66.3-67.8)

70.5

(69.9-71.2)

0.44

0.43

-3.5

0.21

13.5

11.3

11 to 13 years

           

   Total

2,901

74.6

(74.1-75.1)

75.2

(74.7-75.6)

0.43

0.43

-0.6

0.06

8.2

6.4

   Physical

2,864

74.2

(73.5-74.8)

75.4

(74.6-76.2)

0.43

0.42

-1.2

0.08

13.2

11.0

   Psychological

2,870

82.8

(82.3-83.3)

79.4

(78.8-80.0)

0.26

0.25

3.4

0.28

11.5

10.0

   Self-Esteem

2,883

56.2

(55.3-57.0)

67.6

(66.9-68.2)

0.21

0.17

-11.4

0.69

18.9

14.5

   Family

2,869

83.9

(83.3-84.5)

76.5

(75.8-77.1)

0.39

0.34

7.4

0.53

13.4

10.8

   Friends

2,901

80.3

(79.6-81.0)

76.9

(76.3-77.5)

0.38

0.37

3.4

0.24

12.1

10.5

   School

2,810

70.9

(70.0-71.8)

75.1

(74.4-75.9)

0.41

0.40

-4.2

0.27

13.2

11.3

14 to 17 years

           

   Total

3,417

71.4

(71.0-71.7)

73.7

(73.3-74.1)

0.52

0.51

-2.4

0.22

8.3

6.6

   Physical

3,413

68.4

(67.7-69.0)

73.2

(72.5-73.9)

0.48

0.46

-4.9

0.28

14.2

11.6

   Psychological

3,448

80.0

(79.5-80.5)

79.2

(78.7-79.7)

0.35

0.35

0.8

0.06

11.5

10.3

   Self-Esteem

3,449

59.9

(59.3-60.4)

67.2

(66.7-67.8)

0.32

0.28

-7.4

0.44

16.2

13.6

   Family

3,443

80.6

(80.0-81.2)

76.4

(75.8-76.9)

0.52

0.50

4.2

0.26

12.6

10.5

   Friends

3,485

75.6

(75.1-76.2)

77.4

(76.9-77.9)

0.45

0.44

-1.8

0.13

11.7

9.9

   School

3,372

63.9

(63.2-64.6)

69.0

(68.3-69.6)

0.47

0.44

5.1

0.31

13.7

11.3

  1. ICC: Intraclass Correlation coefficient
  2. Directional difference: child score-parent score
  3. Absolute difference: |child score-parent score|
  4. Effect size: |Mean directional difference|/[(SDchild - SDparent)/2]
  5. CI: confidence interval