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Table 2 Caring for country questionnaire internal consistency, item factor loads and reliability calculations.

From: Development and preliminary validation of the 'Caring for Country' questionnaire: measurement of an Indigenous Australian health determinant

Questionnaire item

Item-total correlation

Item-rest correlation

Alpha when item removed

Factor loading

OFCM factor score weight

κ Test-retest

κ Proxy respondent

Time on country

.84

.75

.85

.87

.14

.88***

.57***

Burning

.86

.78

.84

.86

.27

.76***

.47***

Using country

.86

.79

.85

.89

.19

.81***

.48***

Protecting country

.83

.75

.85

.73

.11

.64***

.37***

Ceremony

.73

.60

.88

.58

.01

.52***

.34***

Artefact production

.65

.50

.89

.50

.05

.90***

.47***

Summed raw score

(Range: 6–24)

     

.89***

.59***

  1. Note: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001: observed agreement is significantly more than expected agreement