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Table III.

Agreement Between NIOCCS and SOCcer SOC Codes From Pooled Upper Extremity Study (Cohort 1), United States, 2001 – 2010, and From the Show-ME Study (Cohort 2), Missouri, 2012 – 2013

		Detailed SOC (6-digit)		SOC Major Group (2-digit)
Data Source	Input	N^a	Cohen’s Kappa	N^b	Cohen’s Kappa

Cohort 1	Occupation and Industry	1530	0.367	1542	0.598
Cohort 1	Occupation Only	559	0.663	573	0.766
Cohort 2	Occupation and Industry	1141	0.489	1189	0.745
Cohort 2	Occupation Only	669	0.549	675	0.803

Abbreviations: SOC, Standard Occupational Classification

Number of records coded to 6 digits by both autocoding programs

Number of records coded to 2 digits by both autocoding programs