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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Open J Stat. 2016 Jun 14;6(3):436–442. doi: 10.4236/ojs.2016.63039

Table 2.

Weighted Kappa agreement between seven socioeconomic variables at census tract level.

PNH a PNE b PPA c PPV d PAA e POD f
Socioeconomic Deprivation Index 3 g 3 3 4 1 1
4 h 3 4 4 1 0
3 i 4 4 4 4 1
2 j 4 4 4 4 1
% Population with less than high school 2 3 3 1 1
3 3 3 1 0
2 3 3 1 2
2 2 3 2 1
% Civilian labor force unemployed 3 3 2 0
3 3 1 0
3 3 3 1
3 4 3 1
% Household on public assistance 3 1 0
3 2 0
3 3 1
3 3 1
% Population below federal poverty line 2 0
1 0
3 2
3 1
% non-Hispanic African Americans 0
0
1
0
a

PNH: % Population with less than high school;

b

PNE: % Civilian labor force unemployed;

c

PPA: % household on public assistance;

d

PPV: % Population below federal poverty line;

e

PAA: % non-Hispanic African Americans;

f

POD: % residents aged 65 or older;

g

the nation (1st row);

h

California (2nd row);

i

Georgia (3rd row);

j

Louisiana (4th row). 0: no agreement; 1: slight agreement; 2: fair agreement; 3: moderate agreement; 4: substantial agreement; and 5: perfect agreement.