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Table 6 Birth certificate compared with interview for paternal industrial sectors of work during periconceptional perioda

From: Validity of parental work information on the birth certificate

  

Fathers employed according to both sources

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industrial sectorb

Number (%) missing industry on vital record

Number by interview

Number by birth certificatec

Number by both sources

Sensitivity (%) (95% CI)

Specificity (%) (95% CI)

Kappa

Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting

3 (14.3)

17

17

13

76.5 (52.5 – 92.0)

99.1 (97.8 – 99.7)

0.76

Mining

1 (7.1)

13

11

8

61.5 (34.1 – 84.3)

99.3 (98.2 – 99.8)

0.66

Construction

22 (24.4)

67

77

51

76.1 (64.9 – 85.2)

93.4 (90.6 – 95.6)

0.66

Manufacturing

15 (16.1)

77

71

55

71.4 (60.6 – 80.7)

95.8 (93.5 – 97.5)

0.69

Wholesale & retail trade

17 (18.9)

71

68

52

73.2 (62.1 – 82.6)

95.9 (93.6 – 97.6)

0.70

Transportation & warehousing

6 (14.6)

35

32

24

68.6 (51.9 – 82.2)

98.1 (96.5 – 99.1)

0.69

Professional, scientific, & technical services

0 (0.0)

12

14

9

75.0 (45.9 – 93.2)

98.9 (97.7 – 99.6)

0.68

Administration & support; waste management

8 (38.1)

11

14

6

54.5 (25.9 – 81.0)

98.2 (96.7 – 99.2)

0.47

Educational services

2 (9.5)

19

19

17

89.5 (69.4 – 98.2)

99.5 (98.5 – 99.9)

0.89

Health care & social assistance

2 (7.4)

22

22

19

86.4 (67.2 – 96.4)

99.3 (98.2 – 99.8)

0.86

Accommodation & food services

10 (25.0)

29

21

18

62.1 (43.7 – 78.2)

99.3 (98.1 – 99.8)

0.70

Other services (except public administration)

2 (6.3)

28

27

20

71.4 (52.9 – 85.8)

98.4 (96.8 – 99.3)

0.71

Public administration

7 (13.0)

46

47

42

91.3 (80.3 – 97.2)

98.8 (97.4 – 99.6)

0.89

  1. a Three months before through three months postconception
  2. b Only industries with 10 or more workers by interview are shown in Table.
  3. cOne father each misclassified as unemployed for agricultural, construction, manufacturing, accommodation/food service, and public administration sectors. Two fathers each misclassified as unemployed for wholesale/retail trade, administration/support and other services sectors. Three fathers in the health care/social assistance sector misclassified as unemployed.