The Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES): item response theory findings

Grigg, Kaine; Manderson, Lenore

doi:10.1186/s12939-016-0338-4

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 6 Multidimensional model fit indices for RACES subscales

From: The Australian Racism, Acceptance, and Cultural-Ethnocentrism Scale (RACES): item response theory findings

Sub scale	Item	Infit			Standardised value			Outfit			Standardised value
Sub scale	Item	PS	15–20	C	PS	15–20	C	PS	15–20	C	PS	15–20	C
AAS	I have respect for people from all backgrounds.	0.91	0.76	0.73	−0.8	−1.9	−3.0^a	0.83	0.63	0.61	−1.7	−3.7^a	−5.2^a
	I accept people from all backgrounds.	0.69	0.67	0.82	−3.1^a	−2.7^a	−1.8	0.70	0.49^a	0.67	−3.3^a	−5.4^a	−4.3^a
	Having many different backgrounds in Australia is a good thing.	0.86	0.86	0.82	−1.5	−1.0	−1.9	0.88	0.88	0.79	−1.2	−1.1	−2.5^a
	People from all backgrounds should be treated equally.	0.91	1.16	0.94	−0.8	1.1	−0.6	0.85	1.46	0.94	−1.5	3.5^a	−0.7
	I share with people from all backgrounds.	0.74	0.62	0.60	−2.8^a	−3.4^a	−5.0^a	0.72	0.63	0.73	−3.0^a	−3.6^a	−3.4^a
	People from all backgrounds are equal.	0.96	1.02	1.09	−0.3	0.2	0.9	0.96	0.86	1.08	−0.3	−1.2	1.0
	I live peacefully with people from all backgrounds.	0.99	0.88	0.83	0.0	−0.9	−1.9	0.99	1.02	0.91	−0.1	0.2	−1.1
	I like talking with people from all backgrounds.	0.75	0.83	0.74	−2.6^a	−1.4	−2.9^a	0.76	0.80	0.72	−2.5^a	−1.8	−3.5^a
	We should be taught about all backgrounds in school.	1.29	1.26	1.32	2.7	1.9	3.0	1.32	1.32	1.43	2.9	2.5	4.4^a
	I get upset if I hear racist comments about any background.	1.12	1.50	1.44	1.2	3.5^a	4.3^a	1.15	1.55^a	1.59^a	1.4	4.1^a	5.8^a
	I stand up for people from all backgrounds.	1.00	1.29	1.13	0.1	2.1	1.5	1.11	1.28	1.13	1.1	2.2	1.5
	I don’t ignore people because of their background.	1.79^a	1.07	0.91	6.2^a	0.5	−0.9	1.82^a	1.05	0.92	6.6^a	0.5	−0.9
RAS	People from some backgrounds are more violent than others.	0.80	0.99	0.99	−2.3^a	0.0	0.0	0.83	1.03	1.01	−1.7	0.3	0.1
	People from some backgrounds are not friendly.	0.82	0.90	0.90	−2.1^a	−0.9	−1.1	0.84	0.89	0.90	−1.6	−0.9	−1.2
	People from some backgrounds are more likely to get into trouble than others.	1.01	1.09	1.08	0.1	0.8	1.0	1.03	1.13	1.13	0.3	1.1	1.4
	I don’t trust people from some backgrounds.	0.89	0.95	0.84	−1.2	−0.4	−2.0	0.89	0.93	0.82	−1.1	−0.6	−2.1^a
	If people aren’t happy in Australia they should go back to their own country.	1.23	1.23	1.27	2.3	1.9	3.0	1.19	1.21	1.24	1.8	1.7	2.6
	People from some backgrounds get more than they deserve.	1.22	1.60^a	1.69^a	2.2	4.4^a	7.0^a	1.20	1.58^a	1.72^a	1.9	4.6^a	6.8^a
	I don’t understand people from some backgrounds.	1.05	0.98	1.01	0.5	−0.1	0.1	1.04	1.02	1.03	0.5	0.2	0.4
	If people don’t fit into Australian society they should change.	1.34	1.00	0.99	3.2^a	0.0	−0.1	1.37	0.98	1.00	3.3^a	−0.1	0.0
EAS	I only feel safe around people from my background.	0.87	0.72	0.67	−1.3	−2.6^a	−3.8^a	0.89	0.74	0.69	−1.1	−2.2^a	−4.0^a
	I only feel comfortable around people from my background.	0.88	0.80	0.97	−1.2	−1.7	−0.3	0.86	0.78	0.99	−1.4	−2.0	−0.1
	Only people from my background understand me.	1.15	1.03	0.95	1.4	0.2	−0.5	1.14	0.98	0.98	1.4	−0.1	−0.2
	I only have friends from my background.	1.08	1.03	1.05	0.7	0.3	0.5	1.04	1.01	1.09	0.5	0.2	1.0

Note: PS primary school sample, 15–20 15–20 years sample, C community sample, AAS accepting attitudes scale, RAS racist attitudes scale, EAS ethnocentric attitudes scale
^a denotes value outside of recommended range

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