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Table 4 Overall Agreement of Observer-Recorded Race Values with Self-reported Race in Various Groupings* (N = 979,415)

From: Transition to the new race/ethnicity data collection standards in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Race/Ethnicity Grouping

Number Agreeing

Percent Agreeing

Kappa

White, AA, Hispanic, Other

932,315

95.2

0.881 (0.880–0.882)

White, AA, Other

933,652

95.3

0.884 (0.883–0.885)

White, Other

937,129

95.7

0.885 (0.884–0.886)

AA, Other

958,140

97.8

0.927 (0.926–0.929)

  1. *AA indicates African American. Veterans with multiracial values and veterans with Hispanic ethnicity and non-AA minority races were excluded.