Measurement of Acculturation in a Community Population of Mexican Americans

M. Audrey Burnam · Cynthia A. Telles · Marvin Karno · Richard L. Hough · Javier I. Escobar

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A 26-item acculturation measure was administered to a probability sample of 1245 adult Mexican Americans residing in Los Angeles. This measure demonstrated high internal reliability for the total sample and for specific sex, educational, and language groups. Construct validity was supported by showing acculturation scores predicted length of exposure to U.S. culture. Data suggested that, among first generation Mexican Americans, those who were younger and male acculturated more rapidly than those who were older and female. This sex difference, but not the age difference, could be explained by educational and employment experiences. Among later generation Mexican Americans, those who were younger again had higher acculturation levels, possibly due to age differences in education and employment, or to historical factors differentially effecting age cohorts.

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