Table 3 Agreement analysis for identifying Francophones for matching individuals in the survey (CCHS) and are in administrative health databases (kappa statistic, [95%CI]) (n = 27,111)
From: Ascertaining the Francophone population in Ontario: validating the language variable in health data
Language variables in CCHS | Francophones language variables in health data | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Long-term care - CCRS (N = 5639) | Home care – HCRS (N = 17,760) | OMHRS (N = 3712) | |
Mother tongue | 0.611 (0.564–0.658) | 0.607 (0.579–0.633) | 0.360 (0.288–0.431) |
Language often spoken at home (LOSH) | 0.750 (0.70–0.80) | 0.764 (0.735–0.793) | 0.540 (0.440–0.639) |
Knowledge of official languages (KOL)* | 0.421 (0.230–0.636) | 0.284 (0.271–0.298) | - |
Language spoken to doctor | 0.678 (0.634–0.722) | 0.608 (0.567–0.647) | 0.456 (0.329–0.574) |
First official language spoken (FOLS) | 0.662 (0.613–0.712) | 0.665 (0.636–0.693) | 0.360 (0.282–0.438) |