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

Table 4 Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficients among caring for country questionnaire items, and zero-order and partial correlations with body mass index.

	2	3	4	5	6	Body mass index
						Zero-order	Partial¹
1. Time on Country	.80***	.77***	.58***	.43***	.39***	-.12*	-.12*
2. Using Country	--	.76***	.64***	.48***	.40***	-.18**	-.20**
3. Burning		--	.60***	.46***	.47***	-.15**	-.19**
4. Protecting country			--	.72***	.43***	-.15**	-.19**
5. Ceremony				--	.39***	-.04	-.05
6. Artefact production					--	-.06	-.12*
Weighted scale score						-.17**	-.22***
Index						-.12*	-.15**

Notes: 1. Controlling for gender, age, residence and shared associations with the other caring for country items.
* p < .05, ** p < .01, ***p < .001.

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