Table 2.
Descriptive analysis of the items and polychoric correlation matrix
| Country | Items | M | SD | g1 | g2 | Polychoric correlation matrix | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Mexico (n = 300) | 1 | 1.78 | .85 | − .13 | − .74 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.67 | .92 | − .01 | − .90 | .83 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.76 | .89 | − .05 | − .95 | .82 | .82 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.65 | .96 | − .03 | − .99 | .74 | .79 | .80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.86 | .95 | − .34 | − .88 | .73 | .75 | .76 | .69 | 1 | |
| Guatemala (n = 324) | 1 | 2.13 | .75 | − .35 | − .73 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.99 | .81 | − .41 | − .41 | .80 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 2.05 | .81 | − .41 | − .63 | .80 | .86 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.90 | .86 | − .20 | − .87 | .72 | .77 | .80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2.20 | .79 | − .53 | − .74 | .72 | .74 | .77 | .67 | 1 | |
| El Salvador (n = 698) | 1 | 1.98 | .84 | − .29 | − .81 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.89 | .86 | − .21 | − .84 | .86 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.91 | .87 | − .20 | − .93 | .78 | .86 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.76 | .87 | − .09 | − .81 | .71 | .74 | .76 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.96 | .89 | − .37 | − .85 | .74 | .72 | .74 | .70 | 1 | |
| Cuba (n = 317) | 1 | 1.94 | .81 | − .10 | − .99 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.77 | .88 | − .11 | − .84 | .84 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.82 | .87 | − .12 | − .88 | .83 | .77 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.71 | .90 | − .12 | − .80 | .67 | .68 | .80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.72 | .89 | − .01 | − .91 | .71 | .62 | .74 | .71 | 1 | |
| Peru (n = 360) | 1 | 1.90 | .75 | − .07 | − .71 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.81 | .79 | − .09 | − .60 | .81 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.82 | .80 | − .06 | − .73 | .78 | .81 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.70 | .83 | − .01 | − .68 | .67 | .74 | .82 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.89 | .86 | − .27 | − .74 | .73 | .71 | .76 | .70 | 1 | |
| Bolivia (n = 252) | 1 | 1.82 | .74 | .05 | − .68 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.63 | .79 | .08 | − .67 | .75 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.72 | .82 | − .02 | − .67 | .76 | .69 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.62 | .81 | .03 | − .53 | .55 | .61 | .72 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.84 | .85 | − .25 | − .62 | .76 | .60 | .77 | .60 | 1 | |
| Ecuador (n = 451) | 1 | 1.88 | .77 | − .09 | − .67 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.81 | .78 | − .11 | − .58 | .88 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.82 | .80 | − .09 | − .69 | .83 | .87 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.70 | .79 | − .11 | − .48 | .72 | .72 | .80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.86 | .87 | − .27 | − .73 | .81 | .81 | .81 | .71 | 1 | |
| Colombia (n = 372) | 1 | 2.05 | .79 | − .34 | − .72 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.91 | .87 | − .25 | − .88 | .86 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.95 | .88 | − .32 | − .85 | .86 | .85 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.81 | .92 | − .25 | − .84 | .78 | .78 | .80 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2.04 | .87 | − .45 | − .77 | .75 | .68 | .76 | .73 | 1 | |
| Chile (n = 524) | 1 | 1.73 | .72 | .15 | − .58 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.49 | .78 | .13 | − .39 | .82 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.47 | .78 | .29 | − .36 | .81 | .81 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.32 | .84 | .18 | − .52 | .73 | .79 | .83 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.61 | .88 | .01 | − .74 | .77 | .68 | .73 | .70 | 1 | |
| Argentina (n = 325) | 1 | 1.76 | .72 | − .09 | − .29 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.70 | .82 | − .17 | − .48 | .87 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.76 | .83 | − .21 | − .51 | .84 | .84 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.69 | .86 | − .07 | − .69 | .71 | .75 | .79 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.81 | .82 | − .17 | − .59 | .72 | .66 | .76 | .75 | 1 | |
| Uruguay (n = 383) | 1 | 1.92 | .73 | − .15 | − .49 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.84 | .76 | − .12 | − .50 | .82 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.83 | .81 | − 24 | − .49 | .78 | .77 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.75 | .81 | − .21 | − .45 | .67 | .76 | .77 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.92 | .80 | − 25 | − .57 | .73 | .69 | .74 | .70 | 1 | |
| Paraguay (n = 877) | 1 | 1.95 | .79 | − .21 | − .71 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 1.85 | .83 | − .16 | − .73 | .88 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 1.86 | .83 | − .19 | − .73 | .83 | .80 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 1.70 | .88 | − .07 | − .78 | .75 | .78 | .84 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 1.92 | .91 | − .38 | − .78 | .74 | .68 | .78 | .75 | 1 | |
M Mean, SD Standard Deviation, g1 Skewness, g2 Kurtosis