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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Med Sociol. 2021 Jan 15;21:103–131. doi: 10.1108/s1057-629020210000021010

Table 2.

Fear of Deportation Scale: Item Descriptives, with Higher Scores Indicating Greater Fear, Item-total Correlations, and Factor Loadings among 86 Immigrant Latinx Men Who Had Sex with Men Who Were Neither US Citizens Nor Legal Permanent Residents.

Item Because of fear of deportation, how frequently do you… Mean SD Item-total Correlation Factor Loading
(1) avoid going out a lot, for fear of encountering the police or immigration authorities (you go from your home to work and work to home) 2.71 1.09 0.66 0.71
(2) avoid driving 3.05 1.22 0.58 0.61
(3) avoid getting drunk or going out with people who get drunk 3.24 1.07 0.69 0.75
(4) avoid going out very late at night 3.06 1.08 0.73 0.80
(5) avoid calling attention to yourself 2.97 1.12 0.68 0.75
(6) avoid going to parties, going out dancing 2.86 1.07 0.65 0.72
(7) go out with people who have more time in the United States or who know the rules of this country 3.21 0.95 0.31 0.31
(8) avoid certain places for the fear of police or immigration authorities 2.91 1.12 0.63 0.63
(9) get nervous when you see a police official 2.18 1.11 0.63 0.65
(10) avoid going to places or events where there are many Latinos (Latino shops, bars, neighborhoods) 2.21 1.09 0.41 0.41
(11) avoid going to places or events where there are few Latinos 2.35 1.08 0.44 0.46
(12) avoid going out with people who can get you in trouble 3.51 0.81 0.43 0.47
(13) avoid traveling to other states in the United States 2.88 1.20 0.63 0.66
(14) avoid problems that can attract the police (for example, squabbles, driving at high speed) 3.59 0.86 0.34 0.37
(15) pay attention to the news about the immigration raids 3.47 0.84 0.56 0.59