Table 2.
Results from Differential Item Functioning (DIF) for the One-stage Approach,a,b 2007 CHIS Discrimination Module Field Test
| Recent Discrimination | African-American—Latino | African-American—AANHPI | AANHPI—Latino | White—African-American | White—AANHPI | White—Latino |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Less Respect | B | B | W | W | ||
| 2. Unfairly at Restaurants/Stores | A | A | ||||
| 3. Criticized Accent or Speech | L | B | B | B | ||
| 4. People Think Not Smart | L | L | L | |||
| 5. People Afraid of You | A | A | A | W | ||
| 6. People Think Dishonest | A | W | ||||
| 7. People Think Better than You | L | B | L | L | ||
| 8. Threatened/Harassed | B | B | W | W | W |
a
The letters represent the racial/ethnic groups that endorsed an item more frequently based on the DIF analyses: A-African American, B-Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, L-Latino. W-White. Item Response Theory—Likelihood Ratio method used to test for DIF. All significant DIF findings are reported when p < .01.
b
A small amount of DIF was identified for several items, but, between two groups, no single item had DIF that affected the overall group mean by .03 or more standardized units.