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Table 5 Agreement between data sets: proportions of women (%) and Cohen’s kappa values

From: Births and induced abortions among women of Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin, and the general population in Finland –comparison of self-reported and register data

 

General population

Russian

Somali

Kurdish

Births

 more self-reported in survey, %

14.0 (11.6–16.8)

36.1 (30.7–41.9)

16.3 (11.7–22.3)

24.2 (19.4–29.7)

 similar, %

85.3 (82.5–87.7)

63.8 (58.0–69.2)

82.9 (76.8–87.7)

74.9 (69.3–79.7)

 more in register, %

0.7 (0.3–1.7)

0.0 (NA)

0.8 (NA)

0.9 (NA)

 Cohen’s kappa

0.75

0.46

0.69

0.56

Induced abortions

 more self-reported in survey, %

3.6 (2.4–5.3)

38.6 (33.0–44.4)

0.9 (0.4–2.1)

8.3 (5.4–12.5)

 similar, %

92.3 (90.0–94.1)

58.5 (52.6–64.1)

87.2 (80.1–92.0)

83.9 (78.8–88.0)

 more in register, %

4.1 (2.9–5.8)

3.0 (1.6–5.6)

11.9 (7.2–19.1)

7.8 (5.1–11.9)

 Cohen’s kappa

0.69

0.27

−0.01

0.56

  1. Combined data from Maamu, Health 2011, MBR and Register of Induced Abortions
  2. NA = Confidence interval not available