Table 4.
Descriptive Statistics, Internal Consistency and Test-Retest for the CES-D 10 Total Score for the Total Sample, Language Groups, and Hispanic/Latino Background Groups
| Range | M | SE | α | Test-Retest (1–3 weeks) Pearson’s r (N = 325) |
Test-Retest (3–9 months) Pearson’s r (N = 5,313) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 0–30 | 7.30 | .05 | .82 | .70** | .53** |
| Language | ||||||
| English | 0–30 | 7.88 | .11 | .82 | .69** | .57** |
| Spanish | 0–30 | 7.17 | .05 | .82 | .71** | .52** |
| Background Group | ||||||
| Dominican | 0–30 | 7.33 | .16 | .82 | NA | .48** |
| Central American | 0–30 | 7.09 | .15 | .82 | .59** | .41** |
| Cuban | 0–30 | 7.46 | .14 | .86 | .62** | .52** |
| Mexican | 0–30 | 6.65 | .07 | .80 | .44** | .54** |
| Puerto Rican | 0–30 | 9.12 | .13 | .82 | .59** | .55** |
| South American | 0–30 | 6.69 | .18 | .82 | NA | .54** |
Note. NA = Assessment Time 3 had small sample size composition among the Dominican (n = 3) and South American (n = 21) background groups and therefore results are not presented for these groups.