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. 2022 Nov 18;56:110. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004278

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



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.