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. 2012 Apr 30;12:61. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-61

Table 2.

Polychoric correlations and endorsement proportions split by ethnic/racial group

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