TESTING WITH SAMPLE FROM MIAMI FLORIDA

 

Sample

            N = 382 individuals in the Miami-Dade community

 

Demographics

 

            Age                 14 to 87

37.95  Mean

12.64 Std. Dev.

 

Gender            266 Female

                        116 Male

 

Marital Status            108      Single

196      Married

  20      Living Together

46      Divorced

  10      Widowed

2      Missing

 

Education                      21      < High School

68         High School or Equivalent

120      Some College

172     College Degree

  1      Missing

 

Religion                      162      Catholic

49        Protestant

80        Other Christian

11      Jewish

  57      Other

23      Missing

 

Occupation                  72       Blue Collar/Domestic/Service/Housewives

44         Students

42         Technical/Sales

30         Supervision/Administration

           177      Professional

13      Unemployed

   4      Missing

 

Income                   63     < $20,000

122      $20,000-$39,000

93        $40,000-$60,000

92        > $60,000

12        Missing

 

Country of Birth         31 Counties in Caribbean, S. America, Central America,    Mexico, USA, Asia, Europe

 

Ethnicity                     101     White non-Hispanic

103            Black/African American

147            Hispanic

21            Asian

8            Other

2      Missing

 

            Number Family Members       1 – 10  

3.45  Mean

1.62  Std. Dev.

 

Number Children in Family       0 – 14

1.25   Mean

    1.61   Std. Dev.

 

Type Family               179      Adults Only

150      Nuclear Families

              29      Parents, Kids and other Relatives

                9      Parents, Kids and other People

  9      Parents, Kids, Relatives and other People

  6      Missing

 

Results:

 

Factor structure confirmed with reliability analysis

 

Reliabilities

                                    .55   for Growth

                                    .63   for Spirituality

                                    .83   for Stability

                                    .72   for Control

     

            Total Scale    .81

 

Conclusion:

 

Factor structure holds firm with predominantly immigrant subjects. Growth scale somewhat problematic; Spirituality borderline. Needs retesting.