TABLE 2.
Unweighted Correlations Between Study Language Measures and Other Measures: National Latino and Asian American Study, 2002–2003
| Proficiency in Speaking | Proficiency in Reading | Proficiency in Writing | English Proficiency Scale | Prefer English With Friends | Prefer English With Family | Prefer English in Thinking | Language Preference Scale | Combined Scale | Years In USA | Years Education | Social Desirability | Poor Self-Rated Health | |
| Proficiency in speaking | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| Proficiency in reading | 0.89*** | 1.00 | |||||||||||
| Proficiency in writing | 0.87*** | 0.92*** | 1.00 | ||||||||||
| English Proficiency Scale | 0.95*** | 0.97*** | 0.97*** | 1.00 | |||||||||
| Prefer English with friends | 0.60*** | 0.61*** | 0.60*** | 0.63*** | 1.00 | ||||||||
| Prefer English with family | 0.45*** | 0.45*** | 0.44*** | 0.46*** | 0.56*** | 1.00 | |||||||
| Prefer English in thinking | 0.62*** | 0.61*** | 0.60*** | 0.63*** | 0.70*** | 0.63*** | 1.00 | ||||||
| Language Preference Scale | 0.64*** | 0.65*** | 0.63*** | 0.66*** | 0.87*** | 0.83*** | 0.90*** | 1.00 | |||||
| Combined Scale | 0.87*** | 0.88*** | 0.87*** | 0.91*** | 0.83*** | 0.72*** | 0.85*** | 0.92*** | 1.00 | ||||
| Years in USA | 0.25*** | 0.18*** | 0.18*** | 0.21*** | 0.21*** | 0.38*** | 0.32*** | 0.34*** | 0.31*** | 1.00 | |||
| Years education | 0.48*** | 0.52*** | 0.49*** | 0.52*** | 0.33*** | 0.16*** | 0.31*** | 0.31*** | 0.45*** | 0.03 | 1.00 | ||
| Social desirability | −0.19*** | −0.23*** | −0.21*** | −0.22*** | −0.20*** | −0.14*** | −0.16*** | −0.19*** | −0.22*** | −0.04 | −0.24*** | 1.00 | |
| Poor self-rated health | −0.34*** | −0.34*** | −0.33*** | −0.35*** | −0.24*** | −0.13*** | −0.24*** | −0.23*** | −0.32*** | 0.00 | −0.16*** | 0.08 | 1.00 |
***P < .001; tests of significance are adjusted for multiple comparisons with the Sidak method.