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Table 1 Adolescent and parent's responses for parental SES.

From: Do agreements between adolescent and parent reports on family socioeconomic status vary with household financial stress?

n = 2,593

Father's SES

Kappa (95%CI)

Mother's SES

Kappa (95%CI)

 

Adolescent

Parent

 

Adolescent

Parent

 

Parent's education

      

   Primary school or below

13.7

15.0

0.86 (0.85 - 0.88)

17.5

19.2

0.84 (0.82 - 0.86)

   Junior high school

25.6

27.0

 

25.6

27.3

 

   Senior high school

24.7

15.3

 

25.6

12.3

 

   3-year technical school

7.8

14.2

 

9.9

22.7

 

   5-year technical school

6.5

11.1

 

5.4

7.6

 

   University

10.8

10.0

 

7.9

6.1

 

   Graduate

3.5

2.5

 

1.3

0.9

 

   Non response

7.4

4.9

 

6.7

3.9

 

Parent's occupation

      

   Managerial

12.6

14.1

0.39 (0.36 - 0.41)

4.4

7.5

0.47(0.45 - 0.49)

   Professional

5.9

8.2

 

4.9

5.2

 

   Skilled

10.3

7.9

 

7.9

8.3

 

   Semi-skilled

23.5

25.8

 

26.5

19.4

 

   Agricultural

3.3

3.4

 

0.5

0.2

 

   Low skilled

26.1

25.3

 

10.9

9.1

 

   Unskilled

8.1

3.7

 

6.7

2.2

 

   Military

0.8

5.6

 

0.1

0.1

 

   Unemployed/not in job

2.5

1.3

 

33.9

37.3

 

   Unable to classify

0.9

2.7

 

0.4

3.6

 

   Non response

6.0

10.3

 

3.9

12.5