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Table 6 Agreement between responses of married couples residing in same household for one year or more (n = 65).

From: Measuring emotional and social wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations: an analysis of a Negative Life Events Scale

Negative Life Event

Kappa statistic (95% confidence interval)

Serious illness

0.451 (0.238 – 0.663) *

Serious accident

0.529 (0.313 – 0.745) *

Death of family member or close friend

0.297 (0.053 – 0.541) *

Divorce or separation

0.200 (-0.134 – 0.533)

Not able to get a job

0.067 (-0.148 – 0.283)

Lost job

-0.026 (-0.076 – 0.025)

Alcohol related problems

0.355 (0.137 – 0.573) *

Drug related problems

0.459 (0.241 – 0.678) *

Seeing fights or people beaten up

0.535 (0.314 – 0.755) *

Abuse or violent crime

0.370 (0.142 – 0.598)*

Trouble with the police

0.275 (0.031 – 0.519)*

Gambling problem

0.525 (0.308 – 0.742)*

Member of family sent to jail

0.320 (0.089 – 0.550)*

Overcrowding at home

0.339 (0.114 – 0.564)*

Discrimination/Racism

0.247 (0.008 – 0.486)*

Vandalism or Malicious damage to property

0.539 (0.323 – 0.755)*

  1. * Significant at p < 0.05