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Table 3 Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) with 95% confidence intervals and weighted Kappa statistic with 95% confidence interval of the subjective social status scale according to sex, age and educational level

From: Reliability of the MacArthur scale of subjective social status - Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil)

 

Society

Community

Work

ICC (95% CI)

Kappa (95% CI)

ICC (95% CI)

Kappa (95% CI)

ICC (95% CI)

Kappa (95% CI)

Sex

Male

0.65 (0.35-0.95)

0.59 (0.54-0.65)

0.69 (0.43-0.95)

0.61 (0.58-0.70)

0.77 (0.54-1.00)

0.70 (0.70-0.79)

Female

0.71 (0.43-0.99)

0.64 (0.60-0.68)

0.57 (0.22-0.92)

0.55 (0.46-0.66)

0.72 (0.44-1.00)

0.63 (0.54-0.67)

Age (years)

35-54

0.62 (0.30-0.95)

0.54 (0.48-0.57)

0.56 (0.22-0.90)

0.54 (0.44-0.59)

0.70 (0.40-1.00)

0.63 (0.57-0.65)

55-74

0.74 (0.50-0.99)

0.70 (0.65-0.74)

0.73 (0.48-0.98)

0.64 (0.62-0.68)

0.82 (0.63-1.01)

0.71(0.68-0.78)

Education

≤ High School

0.56 (0.22-0.89)

0.54 (0.48-0.55)

0.64 (0.34-0.95)

0.57 (0.53-0.60)

0.71 (0.44-0.98)

0.64 (0.59-0.65)

College/University

0.72 (0.43-1.00)

0.65 (0.57-0.72)

0.58 (0.25-0.91)

0.56 (0.50-0.61)

0.76 (0.49-1.03)

0.66 (0.62-0.68)

  1. ELSA-Brasil, 2008–2010.
  2. 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.