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Table 6 Kappa statistics for concordance for adolescent and parent reports of SES, by parent reported financial condition.

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

 

n

Father education

Mother education

Father occupation

Mother occupation

Household income

Parent reported financial status

κ

95% CI

κ

95% CI

κ

95% CI

κ

95% CI

κ

95% CI

   Surplus

874

0.87

(0.85 - 0.90)

0.83

(0.76 - 0.87)

0.42

(0.38 - 0.47)

0.50

(0.46 - 0.55)

0.43

(0.35 - 0.50)

   Balanced

1,287

0.85

(0.82 - 0.87)

0.78

(0.75 - 0.83)

0.34

(0.30 - 0.37)

0.46

(0.42 - 0.50)

0.34

(027 - 0.42)

   Not enough

403

0.78

(0.66 - 0.84)

0.71

(0.59 - 0.80)

0.39

(0.31 - 0.44)

0.40

(0.35 - 0.45)

0.31

(0.19 - 0.42)

Parent reported SOL

           

   A lot better/better

313

0.87

(0.82 - 0.90)

0.86

(0.80 - 0.91)

0.39

(0.32 - 0.46)

0.49

(0.44 - 0.57)

0.39

(0.28 - 0.54)

   Average

1,952

0.86

(0.83 - 0.87)

0.81

(0.77 - 0.84)

0.38

(0.36 - 0.41)

0.47

(0.44 - 0.50)

0.39

(0.33 - 0.45)

   Worse/a lot worse

303

0.84

(0.70 - 0.89)

0.66

(0.51 - 0.83)

0.32

(0.26 - 0.39)

0.40

(0.34 - 0.47)

0.36

(0.19 - 0.54)

  1. Non-response = 29 for financial strain and 25 for standard of living.