Table 2

 Recalled phone use compared to actual phone use: duration of calls

CountrySubjects (n)Mean duration (min)/monthCorrelation coefficientWeighted kappa (95% CI)*Ratio of recalled to actual call duration
Geometric mean ratio (95% CI)95% limits of agreement†% subjects with ratio 0.5–2
*Weighted kappa statistic for quintiles of the distribution of actual number of calls.
†95% limits of agreement: mean plus/minus two standard deviations.15,16
‡Sweden and the UK are the excluded countries.
Australia443050.810.54 (0.34–0.75)1.39 (1.04–1.85)0.20–9.6545%
Denmark442550.550.40 (0.21–0.59)1.34 (1.01–1.78)0.19–9.2548%
Finland769100.560.35 (0.20–0.51)1.53 (1.19–1.79)0.16–14.3043%
France646560.500.40 (0.24–0.56)1.45 (1.09–1.92)0.14–14.4545%
Germany751870.520.27 (0.12–0.42)1.03 (0.74–1.44)0.05–19.8933%
Israel3820150.570.28 (0.04–0.52)1.43 (0.93–2.19)0.10–21.2439%
Italy8910710.650.39 (0.26–0.51)2.18 (1.71–2.77)0.21–22.4740%
New Zealand201040.770.56 (0.26–0.86)0.70 (0.48–1.04)0.12–4.1040%
Norway451930.540.33 (0.15–0.50)0.56 (0.40–0.78)0.06–5.6740%
Sweden435140.700.37 (0.17–0.56)1.46 (1.03–2.08)0.14–15.3535%
UK-North SMP study392850.800.63 (0.41–0.85)1.06 (0.78–1.43)0.16–7.1269%
UK-North operator study862060.580.35 (0.22–0.48)2.47 (1.84–3.31)0.15–39.4536%
Total all countries6630.690.49 (0.44–0.55)1.42 (1.29–1.56)0.12–17.3742%
Excluding countries not using CAPI‡4950.700.48 (0.41–0.54)1.31 (1.18–1.46)0.11–15.4741%
Excluding UK-North operator study5570.700.48 (0.42–0.54)1.31 (1.18–1.44)0.12–14.7343%