Validity of the H-HANES Acculturation Measure for Mexican Americans
ResearchPublished 1987
The validity of the brief (eight-item) acculturation measure fielded as part of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (H-HANES) was examined using data from an independent household sample of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles. Although a factor analysis identified two dimensions — language use and ethnic background — which replicated prior analysis of H-HANES data, a unidimensional scaling of all eight items was also supported by the results. When compared with a more comprehensive (26-item) acculturation measure, the brief H-HANES acculturation measure demonstrated equally high internal reliability, and was an equally strong predictor of two validity indicators — generation and number of years in the United States. Both the brief H-HANES and the comprehensive acculturation measures showed similar relationships to a variety of demographic and health status variables. These findings suggest that, among Mexicans in Los Angeles, brevity of the H-HANES acculturation measure does not reduce the measure's internal reliability or validity relative to other commonly used and more comprehensive acculturation measures.
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- Year: 1987
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Burnam, M. Audrey, Marilyn M. McMillen, Olivia D. Carter, and Suzanne G. Haynes, Validity of the H-HANES Acculturation Measure for Mexican Americans, RAND Corporation, P-7391, 1987. As of September 20, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7391.html
Burnam, M. Audrey, Marilyn M. McMillen, Olivia D. Carter, and Suzanne G. Haynes, Validity of the H-HANES Acculturation Measure for Mexican Americans. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1987. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7391.html. Also available in print form.
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