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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Addict Behav. 2010 Jun;24(2):292–299. doi: 10.1037/a0018126

Table 4.

Interrater Reliability of Family History Reports of Gambling Behavior Across Twin Pairs.

Gambling Behavior Father Mother
Ever Gambled
 Kappa 0.40 (.35 – .46) 0.41 (.36 – .47)
 Yule’s Y 0.49 (.43 – .54) 0.48 (.43 – .53)
Gambled Monthly
 Kappa 0.38 (.33 – .44) 0.40 (.34 – .46)
 Yule’s Y 0.39 (.33 – .45) 0.40 (.34 – .46)
Gambled Weekly
 Kappa 0.25 (.08 – .43) 0.28 (.10 – .45)
 Yule’s Y 0.37 (.15 – .55) 0.39 (.18 – .57)
Gambling Problem
 Kappa 0.50 (.37 – .62) 0.47 (.30 – .63)
 Yule’s Y 0.74 (.65 – .81) 0.78 (.68 – .87)

Note: N = 1,750 twin pairs.