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Table 3 Descriptive statistics, inter-item-correlations (Pearson’s r) and standardized factor loadings for all items
From: Who likes to learn new things: measuring adult motivation to learn with PIAAC data from 21 countries
Item no. | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Standardized factor loadings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6-item scale | 4-item scale | ||||||||
1 | 3.26 (2.92–3.65) | 0.94 (0.82–1.04) | 0.67 (0.61–0.79) | – | |||||
2 | 3.90 (3.07–4.21) | 0.88 (0.73–1.12) | 0.48 (0.39–0.59) | 0.76 (0.70–0.85) | 0.70 (0.63–0.77) | ||||
3 | 3.64 (2.89–4.04) | 0.90 (0.71–1.11) | 0.53 (0.36–0.62) | 0.54 (0.34–0.73) | 0.75 (0.69–0.85) | – | |||
4 | 3.56 (2.49–4.00) | 0.99 (0.78–1.15) | 0.38 (0.27–0.53) | 0.47 (0.33–0.58) | 0.44 (0.30–0.61) | 0.76 (0.71–0.86) | 0.81 (0.75–0.89) | ||
5 | 3.42 (2.52–3.81) | 0.98 (0.83–1.12) | 0.45 (0.37–0.57) | 0.49 (0.36–0.62) | 0.49 (0.36–0.68) | 0.61 (0.50–0.75) | 0.80 (0.75–0.89) | 0.82 (0.76–0.90) | |
6 | 3.93 (3.09–4.16) | 0.88 (0.76–1.17) | 0.37 (0.30–0.53) | 0.49 (0.40–0.63) | 0.43 (0.24–0.65) | 0.52 (0.41–0.67) | 0.52 (0.40–0.70) | 0.72 (0.65–0.82) | 0.74 (0.64–0.86) |