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Table 8 Linear regression of the effect of contextual factors on decedent question kappa (Regression 1)

From: The paradox of verbal autopsy in cause of death assignment: symptom question unreliability but predictive accuracy

 

Coefficient (95% CI)

Respondent Match

0.062 (0.047, 0.077)

Interviewer Match

0.029 (0.011, 0.047)

0–6 months between VAs (reference)

 

6–11 months between VAs

−0.017 (−0.033, −0.002)

12–23 months between VAs

−0.019 (−0.040, 0.002)

≥24 months between Vas

−0.015 (−0.037, 0.007)

Adult (reference)

 

Child

0.149 (0.135, 0.162)

Neonate

0.160 (0.146, 0.173)

Andhra Pradesh

0.021 (0.003, 0.039)

Bohol (1) (reference)

 

Bohol (2) (reference)

 

Manila

0.028 (0.009, 0.048)

R-squared

0.301