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Table 3 Measures of agreement between two data sources (card- vs recall-based)

From: Validity of parental recalls to estimate vaccination coverage: evidence from Tanzania

 

BCG

OPV

DPT

Measles

Measles

(9+ months)

 

(n = 2460)

(n = 2460)

(n = 2460)

(n = 2460)

(n = 644)

Agreement/concordance (%)

98.0

97.7

97.7

94.2

94.4

Parental recall bias (%)

2.0

2.3

2.3

5.8

5.6

 Over-reporting (%)

1.3

1.3

1.9

3.2

3.0

 Under-reporting (%)

0.7

1.0

0.4

2.6

2.6

Sensitivity (%)

99.3

98.9

99.6

93.4

95.8

Specificity (%)

22.5

20.0

16.1

94.6

92.1

Kappa statistic (unadjusted)

0.26

0.21

0.23

0.88

0.88

Kappa statistic –PABAK

0.96

0.95

0.95

0.88

0.89

  1. Notes: Prevalence and Bias Adjusted Kappa (PABAK) = (2P O -1), where P O indicates proportion of observed agreement