Table 2 Agreement between self-assigned and observed skin colour of the participants
From: Reliability of race assessment based on the race of the ascendants: a cross-sectional study
Skin colour | Overall agreement | Kappa (95% Cl) |
|---|---|---|
White | 95% | 0.75 (0.72–0.78) |
Mixed | 55% | 0.61 (0.58–0.64) |
Black | 90% | 0.89 (0.86–0.92) |
Global | 78% | 0.75 (0.71–0.79) |