Assessing measurement invariance of familism and parental respect across race/ethnicity in adolescents

Miles, Jeremy NV; Shih, Regina A; Tucker, Joan S; Zhou, Annie; D’Amico, Elizabeth J

doi:10.1186/1471-2288-12-61

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Table 2 Polychoric correlations and endorsement proportions split by ethnic/racial group

From: Assessing measurement invariance of familism and parental respect across race/ethnicity in adolescents

Familism
	Correlation Matrix							Endorsement Proportions
	1. stay			2. help me		3. talk about decision		Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly Agree
Asian
1. stay	1.00							0.02		0.03		0.19		0.76
2. help me	0.48			1.00				0.03		0.05		0.21		0.71
3. talk about decision	0.45			0.61		1.00		0.03		0.08		0.26		0.63
4. help others	0.52			0.58		0.63		0.02		0.04		0.16		0.78
African American
1. stay for a while	1.00							0.06		0.06		0.17		0.72
2. help me	0.76			1.00				0.05		0.05		0.15		0.75
3. talk about decision	0.70			0.74		1.00		0.09		0.10		0.24		0.57
4. help others	0.74			0.80		0.74		0.05		0.05		0.20		0.71
Hispanic
1. stay for a while	1.00							0.06		0.03		0.21		0.69
2. help me	0.69			1.00				0.05		0.04		0.18		0.73
3. talk about decision	0.60			0.66		1.00		0.08		0.08		0.22		0.62
4. help others	0.74			0.76		0.72		0.05		0.04		0.17		0.74
White
1. stay for a while	1.00							0.02		0.03		0.22		0.73
2. help me	0.69			1.00				0.02		0.02		0.18		0.78
3. talk about decision	0.60			0.66		1.00		0.03		0.10		0.28		0.59
4. help others	0.74			0.76		0.72		0.02		0.04		0.16		0.79
Parental Respect
		Correlation Matrix					Endorsement Proportions
		1 Take care	2 Honor		3 Respect		Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly Agree
Asian
1. take care		1.00					0.01		0.01		0.09		0.89
2. honor		0.82	1.00				0.01		0.02		0.09		0.88
3. respect		0.80	0.93		1.00		0.01		0.01		0.07		0.92
4. good person		0.78	0.85		0.87		0.01		0.01		0.06		0.92
African American
1. take care		1.00					0.04		0.04		0.13		0.80
2. honor		0.82	1.00				0.04		0.04		0.08		0.84
3. respect		0.89	0.91		1.00		0.04		0.03		0.06		0.87
4. good person		0.92	0.89		0.94		0.04		0.02		0.05		0.90
Hispanic
1. take care		1.00					0.04		0.02		0.09		0.85
2. honor		0.86	1.00				0.04		0.02		0.11		0.83
3. respect		0.87	0.93		1.00		0.04		0.02		0.07		0.88
4. good person		0.85	0.91		0.92		0.04		0.01		0.08		0.87
White
1. take care		1.00					0.02		0.03		0.14		0.82
2. honor		0.78	1.00				0.02		0.03		0.14		0.81
3. respect		0.77	0.93		1.00		0.02		0.02		0.08		0.88
4. good person		0.73	0.84		0.86		0.02		0.02		0.09		0.88

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