Table 7

Symptoms in the past month: κ statistic; % agreement in reports by children and parents; numbers in each cell

	Boys					Agreement (%)		Numbers in each cell^*
	κ	95% CI		κ	95% CI		Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls
Physical
Stomach ache or sickness	0.195	0.145 to 0.245	Poor	0.167	0.116 to 0.218	Poor	58.3	56.0	257; 390; 107; 356	346; 277; 107; 383
Cold or flu	0.269	0.214 to 0.324	Fair	0.247	0.194 to 0.300	Fair	63.4	61.6	311; 393; 154; 253	386; 299; 126; 300
Headache	0.302	0.247 to 0.357	Fair	0.332	0.279 to 0.373	Fair	65.8	66.0	261; 470; 125; 254	383; 354; 118; 260
Aching back, legs or arms	0.138	0.085 to 0.191	Poor	0.239	0.180 to 0.298	Fair	62.8	70.5	111; 587; 87; 326	116; 668; 82; 246
Spots, rashes, skin problems	0.299	0.230 to 0.368	Fair	0.332	0.271 to 0.393	Fair	79.9	73.9	80; 809; 79; 145	147; 676; 102; 188
Felt dizzy or faint	0.157	0.092 to 0.222	Poor	0.282	0.210 to 0.354	Fair	80.1	82.7	34; 856; 33; 188	57; 863; 51; 141
Asthma or wheezy chest	0.598	0.533 to 0.663	Moderate	0.565	0.493 to 0.637	Moderate	89.3	90.7	115; 877; 26; 93	83; 927; 19; 85

Malaise
Nervous, worried or anxious	0.121	0.068 to 0.174	Poor	0.123	0.074 to 0.172	Poor	63.1	58.9	102; 597; 94; 315	126; 530; 82; 376
Irritable or bad tempered	0.180	0.123 to 0.237	Poor	0.182	0.123 to 0.241	Poor	61.4	62.0	191; 491; 148; 281	195; 495; 198; 224
Difficulty getting to sleep	0.133	0.084 to 0.182	Poor	0.233	0.178 to 0.288	Fair	64.1	69.2	88; 625; 62; 337	114; 657; 59; 284
Been sad, unhappy or low	0.125	0.068 to 0.182	Poor	0.169	0.112 to 0.226	Poor	66.0	64.9	93; 639; 109; 269	130; 592; 121; 270

Order: child and parent agree symptom present; child and parent agree symptom absent; child reports symptom absent, parent present; child reports symptom present, parent absent.
CI, confidence interval.