Table 3. Proportion of population of characteristics and unweighted kappa for physician agreement of cause of death categorization, by covariate.
Variable | n | (%) | kappa | (95%CI) | ||
India | Overall | 1040 | 100.0 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.70 |
MMR by region* | Low | 85 | 8.2 | 0.69 | 0.48 | 0.78 |
Medium | 266 | 25.6 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 0.69 | |
High | 689 | 66.2 | 0.67 | 0.63 | 0.71 | |
Rurality | Rural | 938 | 90.2 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.72 |
Urban | 102 | 9.8 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.71 | |
Death Registration | Yes | 396 | 38.1 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.75 |
No | 644 | 61.9 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 0.73 | |
Relationship with respondent | Husband or mother-in-law | 341 | 32.8 | 0.65 | 0.61 | 0.71 |
Other | 699 | 67.2 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.71 | |
Respondent lived with deceased | Yes | 806 | 77.5 | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.68 |
No | 234 | 22.5 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.80 | |
Religion | Hindu | 814 | 78.2 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.70 |
Muslim | 161 | 15.5 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.74 | |
Other | 65 | 6.3 | 0.60 | 0.46 | 0.71 | |
Education of deceased | Illiterate | 636 | 61.2 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.68 |
Literate | 404 | 38.8 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.73 | |
Education of respondent | Illiterate | 468 | 45.0 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.69 |
Literate | 572 | 55.0 | 0.69 | 0.64 | 0.73 | |
Occupation of deceased | Nonworker | 696 | 67.0 | 0.64 | 0.59 | 0.68 |
Worker | 344 | 33.0 | 0.71 | 0.65 | 0.76 | |
Gestational age | 7 months | 858 | 82.5 | 0.62 | 0.57 | 0.66 |
<7 months | 182 | 17.5 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.73 | |
Hospital admission | Yes | 472 | 45.4 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.71 |
No | 568 | 54.6 | 0.66 | 0.62 | 0.71 | |
Maternal age | 19 years | 115 | 11.0 | 0.70 | 0.61 | 0.82 |
20–29 years | 539 | 51.8 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.67 | |
30 years | 386 | 37.2 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.69 |
Maternal mortality ratio by state of low (125 per 100 000 livebirth), medium (>126 254 per 100 000) and high (375 per 100 000) [24].