TABLE 3—
Percentage Agreement and Cohen’s κ for Test–Retest Reliability of Need Ratings of Individual Humanitarian Emergency Settings Perceived Needs (HESPER) Scale Items
| HESPER Items | Total (n = 122), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) | Jordana (n = 59), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) | Nepal (n = 63), Cohen’s κ (% Agreement) |
| Drinking water | 0.82 (91.7) | 0.89 (94.9) | 0.17 (88.7) |
| Food | 0.66 (82.8) | 0.9 (94.9) | 0.43 (71.4) |
| Place to live in | 0.66 (82.8) | 0.86 (93.2) | 0.43 (73.0) |
| Toilets | 0.63 (85.2) | 0.88 (94.9) | 0.39 (76.2) |
| Keeping clean | 0.64 (84.4) | 0.73 (88.1) | 0.55 (81.0) |
| Clothing, shoes, bedding or blankets | 0.67 (83.6) | 0.93 (96.6) | 0.43 (71.4) |
| Income or livelihood | 0.73 (91.8) | 1.0 (100) | 0.6 (84.1) |
| Physical health | 0.6 (80.2) | 0.77 (89.8) | 0.38 (71.0) |
| Health care | 0.75 (87.7) | 0.8 (91.5) | 0.49 (84.1) |
| Distress | 0.7 (85.2) | 0.81 (94.9) | 0.39 (76.2) |
| Safety | 0.56 (85.2) | 0.71 (89.8) | 0.42 (81.0) |
| Education for your children | 0.71 (93.4) | 0.88 (96.6) | 0.46 (90.5) |
| Care for family members | 0.69 (86.0) | 0.89 (94.9) | 0.45 (77.4) |
| Support from others | 0.85 (93.4) | 0.86 (93.2) | 0.47 (93.7) |
| Separation from family members | 0.68 (85.2) | 0.86 (96.6) | 0.49 (74.6) |
| Being displaced from home | 0.65 (86.8) | 1.0 (100) | 0.48 (74.2) |
| Information | 0.52 (79.5) | 0.69 (84.7) | 0.07 (74.6) |
| Aid | 0.75 (87.7) | 0.84 (94.9) | 0.38 (81.0) |
| Respect | 0.76 (91.8) | 0.84 (93.2) | 0.61 (90.5) |
| Moving between places | 0.64 (85.2) | 0.85 (93.2) | 0.39 (77.8) |
| Too much free time | 0.59 (79.5) | 0.86 (93.2) | 0.26 (66.7) |
| Law and justice in your community | 0.55 (82.0) | 0.66 (86.4) | 0.46 (77.8) |
| Safety or protection from violence for women in your community | 0.62 (87.7) | 0.77 (94.9) | 0.52 (81.0) |
| Alcohol or drug use in your community | 0.67 (88.5) | 0.79 (98.3) | 0.57 (79.4) |
| Mental illness in your community | 0.79 (90.2) | 0.83 (91.5) | 0.65 (88.9) |
| Care for people in your community who are on their own | 0.64 (82.8) | 0.76 (88.1) | 0.51 (77.8) |
Note. Participants with a change in their condition were excluded from the analyses. “0” (“No Serious Problem”) and “9” (“Not Applicable”) ratings have been combined. Test–retest reliability was not measured in Haiti, as it was not considered appropriate in this setting.
a
In Jordan, an additional item, “Residency or Resettlement,” was added on the basis of findings made during pilot-testing (percentage agreement = 96.6, Cohen’s κ = 0.92).