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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Drug Probl. 2009 Spring-Summer;36(1-2):217–244. doi: 10.1177/009145090903600111

Table 2.

Distributions of Items included in the Acculturation Scale

Item Means (SD) Range
Where were you raised? (High=US entire life).......... 4.60 (1.20) 1–5
When writing, do you write only Korean, write Korean better than English, write both Korean and English equally well, write English better than Korean, or write only English? (High=English only).......... 3.85 (.87) 1–5
Where were you born? (High=US).......... .66 (.47) 0–1
When reading, do you read only Korean, read Korean better than English, read both Korean and English equally well, read English better than Korean, or read only English? (High=English only).......... 3.74 (.81) 1–5
Which language do you prefer to speak? (High=English only).......... 2.72 (.66) 1–3
Do you speak Korean only, mostly Korean with some English, Korean and English equally well, mostly English, or English only? (High=English only).......... 3.41 (.78) 1–5
What contact have you had with Korea? (High=none).......... 2.61 (1.42) 1–5
How do you identify yourself? (High=American).......... 1.90 (.71) 1–4
What is your music preference? (High=non-Korean).......... 3.61 (1.21) 1–5
What is your movie preference? (High=only English).......... 3.64 (.95) 1–5
Who do you associate within the community now? (High=Almost exclusively non-Koreans).......... 2.54 (.96) 1–5
1–5
What is the ethnic origin of the friends and peers you have now? (High=Almost exclusively non- Koreans).......... 2.48 (.97) 1–5
If you could pick, whom would you prefer to associate within the community? (High=Almost exclusively non-Koreans).......... 2.69 (.91) 1–5
What was the ethnic origin of the friends and peers you had, as a child up to about 6? (High=Almost exclusively non-Koreans).......... 2.49 (1.18) 1–5