Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status

Table 3 Association between MacArthur ladder and SES indicators

WAMI	Correlation Coefficient with Ladder^a	Correlation Coefficient with Retested Ladder^a	Kappa with Ladder	Kappa with Retested Ladder
32-point	0.37	0.41	–	–
10-point	0.37	0.41	0.26	0.29
5-categories	0.35	0.39	0.31	0.34
4-categories	0.33	0.36	0.32	0.35
3-categories	0.34	0.38	0.34	0.37

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