Table 3.

Exploratory Factor Analysis of Group Identity Items and Linked Fate

	Retained Factors	Variance	Proportion	Cumulative
Hispanics n=721	1	0.266	1.092	1.092
	2	0.256	1.048	2.140
Rotated Factor Loadings (pattern matrix) and Unique Variances
Items:	Factor 1	Factor 2	Uniqueness
Commonality	0.156	0.243	0.917
Perceived Discrimination	0.312	0.264	0.833
Collective Action	0.227	0.144	0.928
Linked Fate	0.305	0.326	0.801
chi2(6) = 96.05 Prob>chi2 = 0.0000

	Retained Factors	Variance	Proportion	Cumulative
Blacks n=733	1	1.139	1.502	1.502
Rotated Factor Loadings (pattern matrix) and Unique Variances
Items:	Factor 1	Uniqueness
Commonality	0.490	0.760
Perceived Discrimination	0.604	0.635
Collective Action	0.500	0.750
Linked Fate	0.533	0.717
chi2(6) = 355.77 Prob>chi2 = 0.0000

	Retained Factors	Variance	Proportion	Cumulative
Asians n=478	1	0.402	1.443	1.443
	2	0.218	0.782	2.225
Rotated Factor Loadings (pattern matrix) and Unique Variances
Items:	Factor 1	Factor 2	Uniqueness
Commonality	0.443	0.067	0.800
Perceived Discrimination	0.050	0.315	0.898
Collective Action	0.104	0.298	0.901
Linked Fate	0.439	0.159	0.782
chi2(6) = 70.21 Prob>chi2 = 0.0000

	Retained Factors	Variance	Proportion	Cumulative
Whites n=842	1	0.306	2.438	2.438
	2	0.042	0.333	2.771
Rotated Factor Loadings (pattern matrix) and Unique Variances
Items:	Factor 1	Factor 2	Uniqueness
Commonality	0.356	0.116	0.860
Perceived Discrimination	0.017	0.126	0.984
Collective Action	0.209	−0.016	0.956
Linked Fate	0.367	0.110	0.853
chi2(6) = 55.13 Prob>chi2 = 0.0000