Table 3. Final Factor Loadings for Exploratory Factor Analysis: Principal Component Analysis With Oblimin Rotation of Strength of Cultural Affiliation Scale (n=604).
| Items To what extent does your cultural affiliation affect insert items below compared to the surrounding community as a whole? |
Factor 1 Lifestyle |
Factor 2 Language & Cultural Specific Holidays |
Factor 3 Relationships |
Factor 4 Cultural Health Practices |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | …the clothing you wear | .848 | .184 | .300 | .152 |
| 2. | …your hair style | .842 | .170 | .265 | .271 |
| 3. | …the jewelry you prefer | .793 | .255 | .167 | .176 |
| 4. | …your home decorations | .789 | .247 | .332 | .080 |
| 5. | …your choices of food & drink | .677 | .333 | .394 | .062 |
| 6. | …how you celebrate holidays in general | .657 | .324 | .404 | .095 |
| 7. | …if, or how, you celebrate culturally specific holidays | .299 | .573 | .234 | .007 |
| 8. | …the language(s) you speak at home | .250 | .851 | .065 | .113 |
| 9. | …the language(s) you speak outside your home | .187 | .860 | -.006 | .066 |
| 10. | …the TV & music you prefer | .697 | .282 | .412 | .272 |
| 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 | .403 | .150 | .748 | -.081 |
| 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? | .393 | .252 | .794 | .040 |
| 17. | …people in neighborhood share your cultural affiliation | .243 | -.124 | .636 | .545 |
| 18. | …how many of your friends share your cultural affiliation | .254 | .022 | .708 | .496 |
| 19. | …how often you see a Folk healer from your cultural group | .167 | .075 | .085 | .733 |
| 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 | .287 | .189 | .186 | .597 |
| 22. | aWhat kinds of medicines, herbs, roots, or special foods do you use? | _ | _ | _ | _ |
Note: Bolded items indicate major loadings for each item. Also, the following 2 items were removed from the final solution: 11. how men and women typically relate to each other in your cultural group (same or different)and 14. how parents in your cultural group typically relate to their children.
a
A qualitative question (unscored) from the SCAS.