Table 4.

Consistency of answers between two interviews and thyroid doses due to ¹³¹I intakes.

Characteristics	Total		Pairs of respondents
			Subject-subject		Subject-mother		Subject-other relative		Mother-to mother		Mother-other relative		Other relative-other relative
	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)a	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)	Agreed (%)	κ (rs)
Residential history
Name of settlement ATA b	88	-	91	-	85	-	86	-	89	-	87	-	84	-
< 10 y c	87	-	88	-	85	-	84	-	89	-	87	-	84	-
10-18 y c	92	-	92	-	79	-	90	-	100	-	92	-	100	-
Male d	88	-	91	-	85	-	86	-	88	-	88	-	84	-
Female d	88	-	91	-	85	-	85	-	89	-	87	-	85	-
Rural e	91	-	93	-	88	-	89	-	91	-	89	-	89	-
Urban e	82	-	83	-	81	-	75	-	85	-	85	-	85	-
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	90	-	92	-	85	-	86	-	90	-	88	-	81	-
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	87	-	90	-	86	-	86	-	88	-	86	-	79	-
Number of settlements of residence	48	0.55	51	0.64	42	0.40	44	0.47	55	0.65	46	0.50	50	0.59
< 10 y	47	0.50	52	0.58	42	0.39	42	0.41	55	0.65	46	0.50	50	0.59
10-18 y	51	0.64	51	0.65	42	0.53	49	0.56	54	0.86	42	0.36	50	NA f
Male	48	0.54	52	0.63	41	0.36	41	0.43	55	0.65	44	0.51	46	0.55
Female	49	0.56	51	0.65	43	0.43	46	0.50	55	0.65	49	0.49	55	0.66
Rural	49	0.56	53	0.67	41	0.37	45	0.49	54	0.66	46	0.52	50	0.58
Urban	48	0.52	46	0.55	45	0.48	43	0.40	57	0.60	47	0.46	54	0.61
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	51	0.60	54	0.67	40	0.37	48	0.57	59	0.70	42	0.46	47	0.45
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	44	0.46	49	0.58	41	0.38	39	0.34	52	0.60	43	0.48	52	0.64
Date of first relocation g	42	0.329	44	0.326	37	0.283	35	0.268	50	0.411	39	0.295	36	0.327
< 10 y	40	0.299	36	0.282	36	0.281	30	0.226	50	0.411	40	0.330	35	0.325
10-18 y	46	0.325	46	0.333	41	0.349	46	0.342	43	0.500	10	-0.268	100	NA
Male	43	0.323	44	0.295	38	0.306	34	0.239	51	0.435	39	0.273	33	0.263
Female	42	0.333	45	0.349	35	0.264	36	0.290	49	0.388	40	0.307	39	0.401
Rural	43	0.279	45	0.301	36	0.186	37	0.240	50	0.358	41	0.242	37	0.285
Urban	39	0.318	37	0.269	37	0.272	30	0.167	48	0.448	38	0.329	38	0.249
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	44	0.338	44	0.335	37	0.267	40	0.303	51	0.456	31	0.225	42	0.278
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	40	0.246	44	0.224	38	0.228	30	0.182	48	0.331	41	0.253	37	0.232
Name of settlement of first relocation	49	-	47	-	46	-	41	-	61	-	47	-	47	-
< 10 y	51	-	47	-	46	-	40	-	61	-	47	-	47	-
10-18 y	47	-	47	-	46	-	44	-	43	-	50	-	100	-
Male	48	-	44	-	48	-	40	-	59	-	47	-	48	-
Female	50	-	49	-	45	-	42	-	63	-	48	-	46	-
Rural	46	-	45	-	37	-	38	-	55	-	39	-	46	-
Urban	57	-	57	-	65	-	52	-	73	-	67	-	57	-
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	51	-	47	-	51	-	52	-	68	-	43	-	45	-
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	43	-	41	-	41	-	29	-	55	-	45	-	37	-
Residential history for evacuees
Name of settlement ATA	85	-	89	-	78	-	85	-	85	-	90	-	76	-
Number of settlements	36	0.336	39	0.371	29	0.198	27	0.220	52	0.643	30	0.389	33	-0.182
Date of evacuation e	49	0.292	45	0.236	45	0.195	48	0.222	66	0.472	51	NA	53	NA
Name of settlement after evacuation	46	-	49	-	41	-	41	-	59	-	40	-	37	-
Cow milk consumption
Source of milk	56	0.381	62	0.447	45	0.271	53	0.330	60	0.449	53	0.352	53	0.337
< 10 y	51	0.337	54	0.362	45	0.267	48	0.276	60	0.450	52	0.346	52	0.341
10-18 y	65	0.476	65	0.472	57	0.402	71	0.527	86	0.811	92	0.875	50	NA
Male	55	0.370	60	0.397	45	0.274	51	0.299	62	0.481	55	0.370	55	0.353
Female	56	0.392	65	0.488	45	0.269	56	0.359	58	0.422	51	0.338	50	0.319
Rural	55	0.323	63	0.389	42	0.194	56	0.283	59	0.405	52	0.286	52	0.284
Urban	57	0.371	61	0.365	53	0.318	49	0.278	62	0.470	53	0.339	52	0.348
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	60	0.427	64	0.456	49	0.324	53	0.318	61	0.468	52	0.347	56	0.370
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	50	0.312	59	0.401	42	0.235	50	0.294	60	0.431	54	0.352	48	0.256
Consumption rate ATA of privately owned cow milk	54	0.334	56	0.395	49	0.218	49	0.271	59	0.393	53	0.304	55	0.313
< 10 y	52	0.288	52	0.316	49	0.214	46	0.230	59	0.393	53	0.304	55	0.318
10-18 y	56	0.409	56	0.411	61	0.374	52	0.371	57	0.323	58	0.259	0	NA
Male	51	0.314	52	0.351	48	0.204	46	0.240	59	0.392	52	0.299	56	0.347
Female	55	0.349	60	0.425	50	0.231	50	0.295	59	0.394	55	0.306	53	0.250
Rural	47	0.277	51	0.344	40	0.157	43	0.222	52	0.322	45	0.223	45	0.228
Urban	73	0.310	77	0.267	70	0.251	70	0.142	74	0.443	71	0.303	84	0.462
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	54	0.353	55	0.388	49	0.194	47	0.253	62	0.420	49	0.239	64	0.420
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	49	0.278	53	0.373	47	0.212	45	0.234	53	0.329	53	0.309	45	0.237
Consumption rate of privately owned cow milk h	53	0.327	56	0.382	47	0.215	47	0.248	58	0.410	51	0.308	52	0.303
< 10 y	51	0.287	52	0.289	47	0.211	46	0.228	59	0.408	52	0.305	52	0.300
10-18 y	56	0.399	57	0.403	57	0.350	48	0.291	86	0.774	75	0.561	50	NA
Male	51	0.303	50	0.327	45	0.198	43	0.210	61	0.426	52	0.309	51	0.298
Female	55	0.347	60	0.427	48	0.230	49	0.280	58	0.393	52	0.304	54	0.302
Rural	48	0.279	52	0.341	40	0.163	42	0.200	55	0.350	46	0.229	46	NA
Urban	66	0.373	70	0.365	61	0.306	64	0.331	69	0.474	66	0.395	68	0.332
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	54	0.345	56	0.385	47	0.190	45	0.222	62	0.430	45	0.174	58	0.365
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	49	0.279	55	0.389	46	0.209	46	0.254	53	0.328	52	0.309	44	0.225
Consumption rate ATA of milk from a commercial trade network	75	0.427	80	0.500	70	0.372	77	0.373	75	0.417	74	0.356	77	0.384
< 10 y	72	0.388	77	0.435	70	0.372	75	0.323	75	0.417	74	0.351	77	0.381
10-18 y	80	0.515	81	0.519	59	0.330	85	0.554	57	0.344	75	0.571	100	NA
Male	75	0.410	79	0.472	68	0.365	76	0.326	74	0.415	75	0.354	77	0.306
Female	76	0.442	80	0.522	71	0.378	79	0.419	75	0.419	73	0.355	78	0.469
Rural	83	0.381	87	0.465	77	0.294	86	0.313	81	0.375	84	0.324	87	0.422
Urban	53	0.283	52	0.246	53	0.281	48	0.188	60	0.351	48	0.194	50	0.198
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	78	0.474	82	0.536	69	0.385	79	0.356	75	0.424	75	0.399	77	0.313
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	74	0.386	78	0.460	71	0.362	77	0.348	76	0.438	73	0.308	78	0.336
Consumption rate of milk from a commercial trade networkh	61	0.308	66	0.368	54	0.240	62	0.262	61	0.331	57	0.267	60	0.227
< 10 y	59	0.282	68	0.366	55	0.241	61	0.217	61	0.331	59	0.261	62	0.231
10-18 y	66	0.367	67	0.368	47	0.181	70	0.419	57	0.417	75	0.532	50	NA
Male	59	0.280	62	0.300	53	0.232	61	0.263	61	0.330	58	0.258	63	0.215
Female	63	0.333	70	0.425	56	0.246	63	0.259	62	0.332	59	0.237	61	0.239
Rural	65	0.257	70	0.310	57	0.154	67	0.037	64	0.314	62	0.238	64	0.217
Urban	50	0.214	52	0.197	49	0.201	45	0.212	55	0.282	45	0.131	47	0.206
Time between interviews < 2.1 y	66	0.370	70	0.405	57	0.221	66	0.315	64	0.380	60	0.310	66	0.219
Time between interviews ≥ 5.0 y	57	0.248	59	0.268	54	0.315	60	0.218	60	0.323	56	0.249	54	0.136
Milk products consumption
Consumption rate of milk products	34	0.099	38	0.131	26	0.043	30	0.090	41	0.149	27	0.016	25	0.059
Leafy vegetables consumption
Date of beginning of consumption	31	0.051	34	0.052	28	0.045	33	0.083	27	0.061	22	-0.002	29	-0.019
Date of ending of consumption	31	0.066	32	0.073	34	0.099	27	0.053	28	0.013	27	0.089	18	-0.088
Consumption rate	41	0.142	30	0.104	39	0.072	38	0.079	60	0.241	51	0.109	55	0.160
Stable iodine administration
Yes/No	75	0.487	77	0.539	71	0.389	68	0.553	79	0.433	73	0.433	75	0.420
Date of beginning	26	0.208	26	0.181	24	0.165	26	0.267	28	0.298	21	0.153	31	0.343
Duration	43	0.203	44	0.223	42	0.168	37	0.129	45	0.210	41	0.134	54	0.351
Thyroid dose from 131I intakes i
Ecological dose	51	0.260	51	0.254	48	0.244	50	0.220	58	0.281	51	0.233	54	0.304
Inhalation of 131I	93	0.855	93	0.866	92	0.836	90	0.829	93	0.871	91	0.853	89	0.826
Intake of 131I in milk	42	0.243	43	0.244	36	0.206	38	0.174	51	0.300	41	0.224	40	0.185
Intake of 131I in milk products	25	0.172	31	0.198	18	0.131	23	0.130	29	0.203	22	0.108	19	NA
Intake of 131I in leafy vegetables	10	0.124	15	0.109	6	0.078	8	0.105	8	0.173	6	0.082	9	0.215
Instrumental dose	96	0.809	97	0.826	95	0.788	96	0.808	95	0.812	96	0.778	97	0.813

^aκ-coefficient or Spearman's rank-correlation coefficient, which is shown in Italic, provide measure of agreement.

^bATA = at the time of the accident.

^cAge of the study subject at the time of the accident.

^dGender of the study subject.

^eType of place of residence at the time of the accident.

^fκ-coefficient cannot be calculated because of different number of categories of responses.

^gExact date, date ± 1 day, or period.

^hConsumption rate averaged over the period from 26 April through 10 May 1986.

ⁱTwo values of doses were considered to agree if they differ less than 50%.