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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Nicotine Tob Res. 2006 Dec;8(Suppl 1):S49–S57. doi: 10.1080/14622200601045367

Table 2.

Tests of prevalence differences and degree of agreement for binary variables.

Phone
administered
Internet
administered
Phone–Internet
difference
McNemar’s
Test
Degree of agreement
Variable name N/n N_D Yes (%) Yes (%) Yes (%) p-value κ 95% CI
Quit methods (ever used)
 Cold turkey 213 22 80.28 83.10 −2.82 .2863 .63 (.48–.75)
 Pamphlet or booklet 213 21 21.60 23.94 −2.35 .3833 .70 (.56–.79)
 Individual counseling 213 9 4.69 4.23 0.47 1.0000 .42 (.17–.67)
 Group counseling 213 9 7.51 7.98 −0.47 1.0000 .73 (.51–.86)
 Nicotine patch 213 8 53.05 52.11 0.94 .7266 .93 (.86–.96)
 Nicotine gum 213 8 37.09 35.21 1.88 .2891 .90 (.82–.95)
 Nicotine spray 213 2 0.47 1.41 −0.94 .5000 .50 (.09–.86)
 Nicotine lozenge 213 5 10.80 9.39 1.41 .3750 .88 (.72–.95)
 Nicotine inhaler 213 6 6.57 6.57 0.00 1.0000 .77 (.54–.89)
 Bupropion 213 7 35.21 36.62 −1.41 .4531 .92 (.85–.96)
 Switch to chew tobacco/snuff 213 6 8.45 8.45 0.00 1.0000 .81 (.61–.91)
 Internet 213 16 6.57 6.57 0.00 1.0000 .39 (.17–.61)
 Telephone counseling 213 7 3.76 4.23 −0.47 1.0000 .57 (.28–.79)
 Acupuncture 213 1 6.57 7.04 −0.47 1.0000 .96 (.80–.99)
 Hypnosis 213 2 15.02 15.96 −0.94 .5000 .95 (.85–.98)
Ever had smoking related illness? 212 32 59.91 49.53 10.38 .0001 .71 (.60–.79)
Do you drink alcohol? 213 8 74.18 74.18 0.00 1.0000 .88 (.79–.94)
 Drink more than meant to 154 8 61.69 60.39 1.30 .7266 .86 (.76–.93)
 Wanted/needed to cut down 154 8 22.08 20.78 1.30 .7266 .84 (.70–.92)

N_D, Number of discordant pairs.