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Table 2 Correlations between items in GHQ-12 scale, Inter-item reliability

From: Reliability and validity of general health questionnaire (GHQ-12) for male tannery workers: a study carried out in Kanpur, India

 

Item 1

Item 2

Item 3

Item 4

Item 5

Item 6

Item 7

Item 8

Item 9

Item 10

Item 11

Item 12

Inter-item Reliabilitya

Item 1

1

            

Item 2

0.46

1.00

          

0.497

Item 3

0.73

0.50

1.00

         

0.523

Item 4

0.64

0.51

0.73

1.00

        

0.494

Item 5

0.49

0.60

0.50

0.48

1.00

       

0.506

Item 6

-0.70

-0.39

-0.70

-0.56

-0.38

1.00

      

0.524

Item 7

0.69

0.43

0.61

0.59

0.40

-0.60

1.00

     

0.510

Item 8

0.51

0.41

0.50

0.62

0.37

-0.49

0.56

1.00

    

0.503

Item 9

0.55

0.53

0.55

0.53

0.54

-0.50

0.44

0.30

1.00

   

0.530

Item 10

0.51

0.46

0.53

0.50

0.52

-0.48

0.48

0.29

0.64

1.00

  

0.505

Item 11

0.60

0.61

0.55

0.53

0.59

-0.47

0.55

0.39

0.69

0.66

1.00

 

0.512

Item 12

0.71

0.48

0.63

0.56

0.44

-0.62

0.69

0.41

0.57

0.43

0.53

1.00

0.504

  1. aAverage inter-item reliability: 0.50; Cronbach’s α coefficient: 0.93