Table 3.
Bias of loneliness item scores by origin
| Uniform | Non-uniform | Likelihood of agreeing when scale score = 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moroccan | Turkish | Moroccan | Turkish | ||||
| Wald | Wald | Wald | Wald | Dutch | Moroccan | Turkish | |
| There is always someone I can talk to about my day-to-day problems | 6.8** | 6.0* | 3.3 | 7.0** | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.25 |
| I miss having a really close friend | 0.0 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.29 | 0.19 | 0.42 |
| I experience a general sense of emptiness | 2.7 | 7.7** | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.28 |
| There are plenty of people I can lean on when I have problems | 11.1*** | 0.2 | 7.3** | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.07 |
| I miss the pleasure of the company of others | 5.3* | 47.1*** | 0.7 | 13.5*** | 0.14 | 0.34 | 0.65 |
| I find my circle of friends and acquaintances too limited | 2.3 | 1.3 | 4.6* | 4.0* | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.25 |
| There are many people I can trust completely | 0.6 | 0.1 | 4.4* | 4.5* | 0.44 | 0.21 | 0.31 |
| There are enough people I feel close to | 2.5 | 4.1* | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.08 |
| I miss having people around me | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.17 |
| I often feel rejected | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| I can call on my friends whenever I need them | 16.2*** | 3.4 | 8.0** | 0.0 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.03 |
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; N = 703