Table 1. Confirmatory factor analysis and adjustment parameters for the everyday discrimination scale (EDS), ELSA-Brasil, 2017–2019, (n = 11,987).
Scale items, residual correlations and adjustment indices | CFA (uncorrelated) | CFA (correlation 1 and 2) | Final CFA | |||
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CF | R | CF | R | CF | R | |
Everyday discrimination scale | ||||||
1. Treated with less courtesy | 0.825 | 0.319 | 0.671 | 0.550 | 0.676 | 0.542 |
2. Treated with less respect | 0.865 | 0.252 | 0.724 | 0.476 | 0.731 | 0.466 |
3. You receive poorer service | 0.648 | 0.580 | 0.673 | 0.547 | 0.677 | 0.542 |
4. People act as if they think you are not smart | 0.726 | 0.473 | 0.757 | 0.426 | 0.762 | 0.420 |
5. People act as if they are afraid of you | 0.527 | 0.723 | 0.546 | 0.702 | 0.549 | 0.699 |
6. People act as if they’re better than you are | 0.714 | 0.492 | 0.734 | 0.461 | 0.740 | 0.453 |
7. People act as if they think you are dishonest | 0.710 | 0.496 | 0.750 | 0.437 | 0.754 | 0.431 |
8. You are called names or insulted | 0.678 | 0.540 | 0.705 | 0.503 | 0.667 | 0.555 |
9.You are threatened or harassed/embarrassed | 0.678 | 0.541 | 0.701 | 0.508 | 0.657 | 0.568 |
10. You are treated suspiciously and watched in places such as stores | 0.637 | 0.594 | 0.656 | 0.569 | 0.661 | 0.564 |
Residual correlation - items 1 and 2 | - | - | 0.605 | - | 0.599 | - |
Residual correlation - items 8 and 9 | - | - | - | - | 0.329 | - |
Adjustment indices | ||||||
Tucker-Lewis comparative adjustment index (IFC/TLI) | 0.931/0.911 | 0.973/0.964 | 0.980/0.973 | |||
RMSEA (95%CI) | 0.122 (0.120–0.125) | 0.078 (0.075–0.810) | 0.067 (0.065–0.700) | |||
Average variance extracted (AVE) | - | - | 0.402 | |||
Composite reliability (CR) | - | - | 0.869 |
CFA: confirmatory factor analysis; CF: standardized factor loadings; R: residuals; RMSEA: root mean square error of approximation; 95%CI: 95% confidence interval.