Table 3

Item-total item correlation and alpha-coefficients if deleted and scale statistics for three factors identified in factor analysis

Item
Factor 1:
Female-specific Moral Stigma
Factor 2:
Social Stigma
Factor 3:
Internal stigma



r(i-t)
α(d)
r(i-t)
α(d)
r(i-t)
α(d)

1. Dirty




0.547
0.652
2. Violated




0.457
0.703
5. Damaged goods
0.459
0.719




7. Guilty




0.473
0.692
8. Embarrassed




0.591
0.623
9. Clinic discretion*


0.432
0.667


10. Staff discretion*


0.413
0.673


11. Sleeps around
0.598
0.632




12. Should know better
0.563
0.658




13. Isn't careful
0.478
0.697




14. Bad person


0.398
0.676


15. Community gossip


0.443
0.664


16. Staff morals


0.519
0.639


18. Stupid


0.404
0.675



N
120
116
122
Alpha Co-efficient
0.737
0.705
0.729
Mean
3.77
5.16
6.59
SD
2.52
1.81
2.68

*As these items may refer to perceptions of a specific clinic, an alternative Cronbach's alpha score for the social stigma scale, eliminating these two items would be 0.647; other factors were not affected by removal of these items. Note: item 10 score was reversed for factor analysis.

Rusch et al. BMC Women's Health 2008 8:21   doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-21