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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 3.

Test of prevalence differences and degree of agreement for ordinal variables.

Phone administered
Internet administered
Location test
Degree of agreement
Variable name N/n Yes (%) Yes (%) p-value κ b 95% CI
Incomea 210 .1382 .93 (.85–1.00)
 Less than US$10,000 1.90 2.38
 US$10,000 to US$20,000 9.05 9.05
 US$20,000 to US$30,000 16.19 17.62
 US$30,000 to US$40,000 17.62 13.81
 US$40,000 to US$50,000 15.71 18.10
 US$50,000 to US$75,000 20.48 20.00
 US$75,000 to US$100,000 9.52 10.00
 US$100,000 or more 9.52 9.05
Health status 212 .1109 .73 (.64–.82)
 Excellent 7.55 6.60
 Very good 39.62 40.57
 Good 35.38 38.21
 Fair 15.57 13.68
 Poor 1.89 0.94
a

Income scored at category midpoint; US$125,000 used for last category.

b

Weighted kappa using absolute difference between category scores to define a distance measure.