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Table 2 Results of the Cohen’s Kappa test for the pooled datasets grouped by Province from nutrition surveys conducted from 2017 to 2019 in Mozambique

From: Does weight-for-height and mid upper-arm circumference diagnose the same children as wasted? An analysis using survey data from 2017 to 2019 in Mozambique

 

Value of Kappa

Level of agreementa,b

ρ-value

Pooled dataset

0.353

Minimal

< 0.001

Results split by province

Cabo Delgado

0.363

Minimal

< 0.001

Nampula

0.385

Minimal

< 0.001

Zambézia

0.387

Minimal

< 0.001

Tete

0.377

Minimal

< 0.001

Sofala

0.086

None

0.004

Manica

0.288

Minimal

< 0.001

Inhambane

0.125

None

< 0.001

Gaza

0.25

Minimal

< 0.001

Maputo province

0.464

Weak

< 0.001

  1. aLevel of agreement taken from McHugh (2012)
  2. bLevel of agreement according to value of Kappa: None: 0–0.20; Minimal: 0.21–0.39; Weak: 0.40–0.59; Moderate: 0.60–0.79; Strong: 0.80–0.90; Almost perfect: above 0.90.
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