Table 2. Four Factor Solution for Exploratory Factor Analysis: Principal Component Analysis With Oblimin Rotation of Strength of Cultural Affiliation Scale (Structure Matrix) (n=604).
| Items To what extent does your cultural affiliation affect insert items below compared to the surrounding community as a whole? |
Factor 1 |
Factor 2 |
Factor 3 |
Factor 4 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | …the clothing you wear | .856 | .220 | .164 | .291 |
| 2. | …your hair style | .842 | .215 | .225 | .312 |
| 3. | …the jewelry you prefer | .794 | .277 | .167 | .178 |
| 4. | …your home decorations | .795 | .266 | .222 | .273 |
| 5. | …your choices of food & drink | .663 | .313 | .434 | .291 |
| 6. | …how you celebrate holidays in general | .653 | .304 | .381 | .309 |
| 7. | …if, or how, you celebrate culturally specific holidays | .308 | .576 | .235 | .161 |
| 8. | …the language(s) you speak at home | .251 | .874 | .152 | .069 |
| 9. | …the language(s) you speak outside your home | .190 | .868 | .118 | -.014 |
| 10. | …the TV & music you prefer | .685 | .291 | .464 | .395 |
| 11. | …how men and women typically relate to each other in your cultural group (same or different) | .280 | .238 | .823 | .046 |
| 12. | aPlease describe in what ways the relationships between men and women are different within your cultural group(s). | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 13. | …how you follow your cultural group's way to behave in your man/woman relationships | .405 | .093 | .458 | .529 |
| 14. | …how parents in your cultural group typically relate to their children | .257 | .207 | .852 | .200 |
| 15. | aDescribe how parents raise and/or treat children differently within your cultural group. | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 16. | …how you follow your cultural group's way to behave in your parent/child relationships | .415 | .203 | .446 | .619 |
| 17. | …how many people in neighborhood share your cultural affiliation | .257 | -.021 | .051 | .816 |
| 18. | …how many of your friends share your cultural affiliation | .283 | .117 | .049 | .854 |
| 19. | …how often you see a Folk healer from your cultural group | .146 | .099 | .303 | .345 |
| 20. | aPlease describe the person from whom you would seek help for health/illness matters. | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| 21. | …how often you use special herbs or medicines that are common in your cultural group | .267 | .187 | .397 | .351 |
| 22. | aWhat kinds of medicines, herbs, roots, or special foods do you use? | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Note: Bolded items indicate major loadings for each item.
a
A qualitative question (unscored) from the SCAS.