TABLE 2—
Percentage Agreement and Cohen’s κ for Interrater Reliability of Need Ratings of Individual Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale Items
| HESPER Items | Total (n = 132), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) | Jordana (n = 46), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) | Haitib (n = 44), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) | Nepal (n = 42), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) |
| Drinking water | 0.98 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 0.94 (97.7) | 1.0 (100) |
| Food | 0.97 (98.5) | 0.94 (97.8) | 0.79 (97.7) | 1.0 (100) |
| Place to live in | 0.98 (99.2) | 0.96 (97.8) | (100)c | 1.0 (100) |
| Toilets | 0.95 (97.7) | 0.94 (97.8) | 0.89 (95.3) | 1.0 (100) |
| Keeping clean | 0.99 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 0.95 (97.6) |
| Clothing, shoes, bedding, or blankets | 0.98 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 0.95 (97.6) |
| Income or livelihood | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Physical health | 0.97 (98.5) | 1.0 (100) | 0.95 (97.7) | 0.95 (97.6) |
| Health care | 0.95 (97.7) | 0.96 (97.8) | 0.88 (95.5) | 1.0 (100) |
| Distress | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Safety | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Education for your children | 0.97 (98.5) | 0.91 (97.8) | 0.94 (97.7) | 1.0 (100) |
| Care for family members | 0.94 (97.0) | 0.9 (95.7) | (95.5)c | 1.0 (100) |
| Support from others | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Separation from family members | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Being displaced from home | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Information | 0.97 (98.5) | 1.0 (100) | 0.66 (97.7) | 0.93 (97.6) |
| Aid | 0.98 (99.2) | 0.95 (97.8) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Respect | 0.98 (99.2) | 0.9 (97.8) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
| Moving between places | 0.95 (97.7) | 0.95 (97.8) | 0.89 (95.5) | 1.0 (100) |
| Too much free time | 0.98 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 0.94 (97.6) |
| Law and justice in your community | 0.99 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 0.92 (97.7) | 1.0 (100) |
| Safety or protection from violence for women in your community | 0.95 (97.7) | 0.9 (97.8) | 0.89 (95.5) | 1.0 (100) |
| Alcohol or drug use in your community | 0.98 (99.2) | 1.0 (100) | 0.94 (97.7) | 1.0 (100) |
| Mental illness in your community | 0.97 (98.5) | 1.0 (100) | 0.91 (95.5) | 1.0 (100) |
| Care for people in your community who are on their own | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) | 1.0 (100) |
Note. “0” (“No Serious Problem”) and “9” (“Not Applicable”) ratings have been combined.
a
In Jordan, an additional item, “Residency or Resettlement,” was added on the basis of findings made during pilot-testing (percentage agreement = 100, Cohen’s κ = 1.0).
b
In Haiti, an additional item, “Burying and mourning the dead in your community,” was added on the basis of field observations (percentage agreement = 97.7, Cohen’s κ = 0.94).
c
Not possible to compute Cohen’s κ, as ratings for at least 1 of the variables was a constant.