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Table 3 Diagnostic value from ladder according to Objective Socioeconomic Status indicators

From: Examining the relation between the subjective and objective social status with health reported needs and health-seeking behaviour in Dande, Angola

  Cutoff point Sensitivity Specificity Youden
Index c 		AUCa 95% CI
Place of residence (urban) 2.5 0.50 0.74 0.24 0.651 0.639–0.663
Sex (female) 1.5 0.66 0.39 0.06 0.532 0.521–0.543
Education
 No educationb 9.5 0.98 0.02 0.001 0.549 0.536–0.562
 Primary (1–6)b 2.5 0.52 0.45 −0.03 0.519 0.507–0.530
 Secondary (7–13) 2.5 0.52 0.56 0.08 0.551 0.539–0.564
 Tertiary (University) 3.5 0.59 0.68 0.26 0.649 0.605–0.693
 Overcrowding 2.5 0.49 0.55 0.04 0.517 0.499–0.536
Residents with a fixed salary
 None 9.5 0.98 0.01 −0.02 0.642 0.631–0.652
 One 1.5 0.72 0.42 0.14 0.582 0.571–0.593
 Two or more 2.5 0.72 0.57 0.29 0.693 0.676–0.710
Household income
  < = 10,000 AOAb 9.5 0.98 0.01 −0.01 0.594 0.581–0.607
 10,001–30,000 AOA 1.5 0.72 0.38 0.10 0.547 0.534–0.559
  >  30,000 AOA 4.5 0.33 0.78 0.11 0.548 0.531–0.564
 Improved water source 2.5 0.52 0.65 0.18 0.604 0.593–0.615
 Kitchen 4.5 0.26 0.84 0.11 0.574 0.563–0.585
 Latrine 1.5 0.68 0.47 0.15 0.595 0.584–0.607
 Watch television 1.5 0.70 0.56 0.26 0.677 0.666–0.688
 Listen to the radio 2.5 0.54 0.62 0.15 0.586 0.573–0.597
 Read newspaper 2.5 0.71 0.58 0.29 0.686 0.671–0.701
 Associative filiation 2.5 0.50 0.66 0.16 0.596 0.585–0.607
 Electricity 1.5 0.69 0.52 0.22 0.644 0.633–0.655
 Generator 3.5 0.44 0.70 0.14 0.603 0.587–0.618
 Radio 2.5 0.51 0.63 0.14 0.587 0.577–0.598
 Television 1.5 0.71 0.55 0.26 0.671 0.661–0.682
 Cell phone 2.5 0.51 0.74 0.25 0.666 0.655–0.677
 Satellite dish 2.5 0.55 0.68 0.23 0.660 0.650–0.670
 Fridge 2.5 0.65 0.58 0.23 0.652 0.637–0.667
 Freezer 1.5 0.74 0.47 0.21 0.642 0.632–0.652
 Car 3.5 0.55 0.72 0.26 0.675 0.658–0.689
 Bed net ownership 7.5 0.05 0.96 0.01 0.489 0.478–0.501
 Season (Rainy) 5.5 0.16 0.90 0.06 0.534 0.524–0.545
  1. Case: yes|true; Control:no|false.
  2. a AUC Area under the curve.
  3. bInverted the score
  4. c Youden Index [50].
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