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Table 3 Comparison of child and parent responses for the SRTS travel survey (%)*

From: Validity of instruments to assess students' travel and pedestrian safety

Child Survey

Parent Survey

Total

 

School bus

Carpool

Car

Walk with adult

Walk alone

Bike

 

School bus

13.4

0.0

2.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

15.9

Carpool

0.0

6.1

3.7

0.0

0.0

0.0

9.8

Car

1.2

24.4

25.6

0.0

1.2

0.0

52.4

Metro

1.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

Walked with adult

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.9

0.0

0.0

4.9

Walked alone

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.4

12.2

0.0

14.6

Bike

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.2

1.2

Total

15.9

30.5

31.7

7.3

13.4

1.2

100.0

  1. *Bold values represent perfect agreement. Kappa = 0.52, p < 0.001 (n = 81; excluding the child reported metro bus case). With car & carpool combined, kappa = 0.87, p < 0.001.