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. 2021 Dec 30;48(1):61–70. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3998

Table 3.

Agreement scores, weighted kappas, total and variance for each step of the development process. [CI=confidence intervals].

Agreement score (95% CI) Weighted kappa (95% CI) Total variance Variance of total variance (%)

Country Job Rater
Independent expert rating (Step 1)
 Number 0.49 (0.46–0.51) 0.51 (0.49–0.52) 1.02 0.0 51.1 48.9
 Nature of contacts 0.70 (0.67–0.72) 0.64 (0.64–0.64) 0.69 0.3 64.3 35.3
 Contaminated workspaces 0.59 (0.57–0.62) 0.65 (0.64–0.66) 1.21 0.0 65.1 34.9
 Location 0.71 (0.69–0.74) 0.56 (0.55–0.58) 1.50 2.3 55.9 41.8
 Social distancing 0.58 (0.55–0.60) 0.67 (0.67–0.67) 0.88 0.0 67.1 32.9
 Face covering 0.46 (0.44–0.49) 0.17 (0.12–0.22) 0.76 14.0 19.0 67.0
Group expert meeting and revision (Step 2)
 Number 0.50 (0.48–0.53) 0.54 (0.52–0.55) 1.05 0.0 54.1 45.9
 Nature of contacts 0.68 (0.66–0.70) 0.63 (0.63–0.63) 0.73 0.0 63.5 36.6
 Contaminated workspaces 0.59 (0.57–0.62) 0.63 (0.62–0.64) 1.20 0.0 62.8 37.1
 Location 0.71 (0.68–0.73) 0.55 (0.54–0.56) 1.54 0.7 55.0 44.4
 Social distancing 0.54 (0.52–0.57) 0.66 (0.65–0.66) 0.94 0.2 65.6 34.1
 Face covering 0.54 (0.51–0.56) 0.34 (0.31–0.37) 0.79 7.5 34.3 58.2
Independent country rating (Step 3)
 Number 0.55 (0.53–0.58) 0.60 (0.56–0.64) 0.99 2.7 97.3
 Nature of contacts 0.74 (0.71–0.76) 0.70 (0.70–0.70) 0.68 0.0 100.0
 Contaminated workspaces 0.68 (0.66–0.71) 0.75 (0.75–0.75) 1.27 0.0 100.0
 Location 0.74 (0.72–0.76) 0.55 (0.50–0.60) 1.43 0.9 99.2
 Social distancing 0.63 (0.60–0.65) 0.74 (0.74–0.74) 0.89 0.0 100.0
 Face covering 0.70 (0.67–0.72) 0.56 (0.50–0.61) 0.67 2.0 97.9
Consensus between countries (Step 4)
 Number 0.58 (0.55–0.61) 0.65 (0.63–0.68) 0.97 0.3 99.5
 Nature of contacts 0.76 (0.74–0.78) 0.76 (0.76–0.76) 0.68 0.4 99.6
 Contaminated workspaces 0.70 (0.68–0.73) 0.80 (0.80–0.80) 1.25 1.9 98.0
 Location 0.77 (0.75–0.79) 0.65 (0.64–0.66) 1.40 0.8 98.9
 Social distancing 0.66 (0.63–0.68) 0.79 (0.79–0.79) 0.89 0.0 95.7
 Face covering 0.72 (0.69–0.74) 0.60 (0.60–0.60) 0.66 0.3 99.5
 Income insecurity 0.66 (0.64–0.69) 0.53 (0.42–0.64) 0.52 1.2 98.8
 Migrants 0.27 (0.25–0.29) 0.14 (-0.07–0.36) 0.71 4.8 95.2