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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health. 2010 Mar;36(1):10.1363/ipsrh.36.036.10. doi: 10.1363/ipsrh.36.036.10

Table 4.

Couple's concordance on pregnanncy ambivalence: responses to the problem question among couples who want to delay or stop childbearing by wives’ report of contraceptive use

A. Contraceptive users***; N=3,085
Husband's report
 Wife's report Any problem No problem All
 Any problem 20.7 25.7 46.4
 No problem 9.3 44.3 53.6
 All 30.0 70.0 100.0
Percent agreement= 63.5%; kappa statistic= 0.26
B. Non-users**; N=750
Husband's report
 Wife's report Any problem No problem All
 Any problem 20.4 31.4 51.8
 No problem 12.2 36.0 48.2
 All 32.6 67.4 100.0
Percent agreement= 61.1%; kappa statistic= 0.24

*Proportions are weighted for survey design, all n’s are unweighted

**

χ2 p-value <0.05;

***

p<0.01