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The relationship between interrater reliability and interpretive burden when coding
information from Swedish Child Health records was studied. Information on preschool
children's living conditions, health, and different aspects of care was sorted into
one of four groups according to degree of interpretive burden. Two interrater assessments
were conducted and compared. The results showed that a low degree of interpretive
burden correlated to high interrater agreement. It was possible to increase concordance
by coder training, clarifying definitions of variables, and coding instructions, but
not so as to eliminate totally the general differences between groups of variables
that differed regarding interpretive burden.
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*Supported by grants from the Dalarna Research Fund, Department of Pediatrics at Uppsala University, the May Flower Foundation, and the Gillbergska Research Fund.
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