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Table 1 Partially Invariant Alcohol Abuse Measurement Model Across Hispanics and Non-Hispanic

From: Assessing the adequacy of self-reported alcohol abuse measurement across time and ethnicity: cross-cultural equivalence across Hispanics and Caucasians in 1992, non-equivalence in 2001–2002

 

Loadings

Thresholds

Proportion Endorsing Symptom

Abbreviated Item

      

Labels

Caucasians

Hispanics

Caucasians

Hispanics

Caucasians

Hispanics

Hung-over During Important Activities

2.00

2.00

-3.96

-3.96

0.038

0.043

Get Drunk During Important Activities

1.67

1.67

-3.62

-3.62

0.031

0.034

Drink And Drive

1.30

1.30

-1.94

-1.94

0.119

0.112

Enter Hurtful/Harmful Situations While Drinking

1.23

1.23

-2.69

-2.69

0.046

0.034

Continue To Drink Causing Trouble with Family and Friends

1.27

1.27

-3.13

-2.79

0.026

0.041

Legal Problems Because of Drinking

0.97

0.97

-3.05

-2.80

0.014

0.022

  1. Caucasians in 1992 (Uniquenesses Constrained to 1 for both groups)