| Title | Educational achievement recorded on certificates of death compared with self-report. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Rosamond WD, Tyroler HA, Chambless LE, Folsom AR, Cooper L, Conwill D |
| Journal | Epidemiology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 202-4 |
| Date Published | 1997 Mar |
| ISSN | 1044-3983 |
| Keywords | Age Factors, Aged, Bias, Cohort Studies, Death Certificates, Educational Status, Ethnic Groups, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Factors, Self Disclosure, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, United States |
| Abstract | This study reports the agreement of educational achievement obtained from death certificates with self-report among 249 persons. Education was categorized as: less than high school, high school education, and greater than high school education. The overall agreement rate was 84%. Death certificates provided a slight underestimation of educational achievement. The sensitivity and specificity of the death certificate in classifying a decedent as having less than a high school education were both 90%. Educational achievement determined from death certificates has substantial validity, and any misclassification that may occur is likely to be similar across ethnicity and gender groups. |
| DOI | 10.1097/00001648-199703000-00014 |
| Alternate Journal | Epidemiology |
| PubMed ID | 9229215 |
| Grant List | N01-HC-55015 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-55016 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States N01-HC-55018 / HC / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States |