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. 2007 Nov 28;7:343. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-343

Table 6.

Agreement between proxy 1 and proxy 2 on current smoking status case and control households

Case households Control households
Proxy 1 Proxy 2 Proxy 1 Proxy 2

N % N % N % N %

Never a smoker 15 11.5% 16 12.2% 35 19.7% 38 21.3%
No, ex-smoker 9 6.9% 10 7.6% 31 17.4% 27 15.2%
Yes, a current-smoker 107 81.7% 105 80.2% 112 62.9% 112 62.9%
Difficult to answer 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 0.6%
Refuse to answer 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
No answer 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0%
Cohen's kappa coefficient 0.96 0.87