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Table 2 Agreement between NBDPS Study Interview and Birth Certificate for Parental Occupation by Maternal Characteristics

From: Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate

 

Maternal Occupation

Paternal Occupation

  

Agreementa

 

Agreementa

Maternal characteristic

N (%) missing

N

% Missing included

% Missing excluded

N (%) missing

N

% Missing included

% Missing excluded

Age at delivery (in years)

   < 18

4 (6.1)

51

77.3

82.3b

33 (50.0)

22

33.3

66.7c

   18 – 19

4 (5.6)

46

64.8

68.7

27 (38.0)

26

36.6

59.1

   20 – 24

10 (5.8)

118

68.6

72.8

40 (23.3)

94

54.7

71.2

   25 – 29

3 (1.8)

128

78.5

80.0

23 (14.1)

110

67.5

78.6

   30 – 34

2 (1.7)

104

87.4

88.9

14 (11.8)

88

73.9

83.8

   35 – 39

1 (2.3)

30

69.8

71.4

2 (4.7)

31

72.1

75.6

   40 or older

1 (6.7)

12

80.0

85.7

2 (13.3)

11

73.3

84.6

Education (in years)

   0 – 8

2 (3.8)

42

80.8

84.0

17 (32.7)

22

42.3

62.9d

   9 – 11

4 (3.0)

98

74.2

76.6

47 (35.6)

54

40.9

63.5

   12

9 (4.1)

153

70.2

73.2

45 (20.6)

134

61.5

77.5

   13 – 15

3 (1.9)

126

79.2

80.8

22 (13.8)

107

67.3

78.1

   16 or more

1 (1.2)

70

86.4

87.5

4 (4.9)

64

79.0

83.1

Race/ethnicity

   Non-Hispanic White

3 (1.4)

166

76.1

77.2c

30 (13.8)

151

69.3

80.3

   Non-Hispanic Black

2 (9.1)

11

50.0

55.0

8 (36.4)

9

40.9

64.3

   Hispanic

13 (3.5)

282

76.4

79.2

90 (24.4)

202

54.7

72.4

   Other

1 (3.2)

29

93.5

96.7

5 (16.1)

19

61.3

79.2

Periconceptional folic acid usee

   Yes

5 (2.2)

175

77.1

78.8

25 (11.0)

163

71.8

80.7

   No

15 (3.6)

314

75.3

78.1

111 (26.6)

219

52.5

71.6d

  1. a N represents the number in each category that agreed. Missing cases are not included in chi-square statistics.
  2. b p = 0.05, Fisher's exact probability.
  3. c p < 0.05, Fisher's exact probability.
  4. d p < 0.05.
  5. e Periconceptional folic acid use included any use during the period one month prior through one month post concepton.