Table 3 Salience items (complete item pool, excludes ‘shame’ and ‘laugh’)
Item | Factor Loading — Factor 2 Aboriginal culture) | Factor Loading — Factor 1 racial identity | Item variance explained by factors one and two |
|---|---|---|---|
Q2. How important is it for you to know about how Aboriginal people lived in the old days? | 0.591 | 0.356 | |
Q4. How important is it that you to do activities for Aboriginal Week? | 0.667 | 0.383 | |
Q6. How important is it for you to play with Aboriginal kids? | 0.743 | 0.552 | |
Q8. How important is it for you to make Aboriginal foods like damper? | 0.751 | 0.468 | |
Q10. How important is it for you that you’re Aboriginal? | 0.446 | 0.262 | |
Q12. How important is it for you to be the same as other Aboriginal kids? | 0.63 | 0.463 | |
Q14. How important is it for you to know about Aboriginal stories of the Dreaming? | 0.551 | 0.515 | |
Q16. How important is it for you to feel part of the Aboriginal group at school? | 0.787 | 0.488 | |
Q18. How important is it for you to talk Aboriginal words? | 0.723 | 0.462 | |
Q20. How important is it for you that your family tells you about being Aboriginal? | 0.396 | 0.462 | |
Q24. How important is it for you to have Aboriginal people as friends? | 0.871 | 0.678 | |
Q29. How important is it for you to be proud of being Aboriginal? | 0.62 | 0.454 |