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, Ethnicity, 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 |