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Table 1 Summary results of the inter-rater reliability of MAPS Global: overview per (sub)section and subscale

From: Using an audit tool (MAPS Global) to assess the characteristics of the physical environment related to walking for transport in youth: reliability of Belgian data

 

Number of items

Inter-rater reliability between on-site ratings

Inter-rater reliability between online ratings

ICC/kappa range

Moderate-to-perfect agreement n (%)

Fair/poor agreement n (%)

ICC/kappa range n (%)

Moderate-to-perfect agreement n (%)

Fair/poor agreement n (%)

All

119

0.03–1.00

81 (67.5)

10 (8.3)

−0.03–1.00

72 (60.0)

21 (17.5)

ROUTE (n = 65)

61

0.03–1.00

41 (67.2)

5 (8.2)

−0.03–0.97

33 (54.1)

12 (19.7)

Land use/destinations

31

0.03–1.00

22 (71.0)

2 (6.5)

−0.03–0.97

19 (61.3)

6 (19.4)

 Residential density

4

0.66–0.80

4 (100)

0.47–0.78

4 (100)

 Shops

8

0.92–1.00

5 (62.5)

0.51–0.97

5 (62.5)

 Restaurant and entertainment

4

0.03–0.93

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

−0.03–0.93

2 (50.0)

2 (50.0)

 Institutional/Services

3

0.90–0.98

3 (100)

0.30–0.93

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

 Public recreation

4

0.66–0.80

3 (75.0)

0.33–0.59

2 (50.0)

1 (25.0)

 private recreation

2

0.80

1 (50.0)

0.32

1 (50.0)

 Worship land usesa

1

0.96

1

0.77

1

 School land usesa

1

0.85

1

0.79

1

 Pedestrian zone land usesa

1

0.47

1

0.64

1

 Age restricted land usesa

1

1.00

1

0.66

1

 Liquor related land usesa

1

N/A

0.58

1

 Industrial land usesa

1

N/A

0.33

1

Streetscape

19

0.48–0.98

11 (57.9)

0.42–0.82

9 (47.4)

Aesthetics and Social

11

0.13–0.91

8 (72.7)

3 (27.3)

−0.02–0.87

5 (45.5)

6 (54.5)

Segment (n = 220)

29

0.23–0.97

26 (89.7)

2 (6.9)

−0.01–0.95

21 (72.4)

7 (24.1)

 Setback and building height

4b

0.71–0.83

4 (100)

0.48–0.67

4 (100)

 Building height to road width ratio

5

0.71–0.83

5 (100)

0.48–0.89

5 (100)

 Sidewalk

8

0.23–0.97

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

−0.01–0.67

5 (62.5)

3 (37.5)

 Buffer

2

0.69–0.89

2 (100)

0.45–0.55

2 (100)

 Bike infrastructure

3

0.51–0.89

3 (100)

0.38–0.95

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

 Building surveillancea

1

0.48

1

0.81

1

 Shade

3

0.61–0.87

3 (100)

0.55–0.67

3 (100)

 Pedestrian connectivity

3

0.85

2 (66.7)

0.30–0.33

2 (66.7)

 Informal patha

1

0.77

1

0.84

1

 Hawkers/Shopsa

1

0.95

1

0.04

1

 High (car) street lightsa

1

0.61

1

0.55

1

 Low (pedestrian) street lightsa

1

0.75

1

0.65

1

Crossing (n = 124)

23

−0.01 to 1.00

12 (50.0)

3 (12.5)

0.27–0.95

16 (66.6)

2 (8.3)

 Crosswalk amenities

7

0.34–1.00

2 (28.6)

1 (14.3)

0.38–0.94

4 (57.1)

1 (14.3)

 Curb quality/presence

3

0.71–0.88

3 (100)

0.69–0.94

3 (100)

 Intersection control and signage

7

−0.01–1.00

4 (57.1)

1 (14.3)

0.66–1.00

6 (85.7)

 Bike

3

0.80–0.90

2 (66.7)

0.66–0.76

2 (66.7)

 Overpassa

1

N/A

N/A

 Road widtha

1

0.90

1

0.78

1

 Visibilitya

1

0.38

1

0.27

1

CUL-DE-SAC (n = 6)

6

0.67–0.76

2 (33.3)

0.76–1.00

2 (33.3)

  1. Some items no kappa or ICC could be calculated as at least one variable was constant
  2. ICC intraclass correlation coefficient
  3. a Single item; b 4 items are also included in subscale Building Height to Road Width Ratio