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Outcome variables are divided into two groups: perceptions of change and current behaviour. In the following sections, we first focus on scale formation and descriptive statistics—explaining how key measures were constructed (e.g. what specific questions were used in combination to measure a particular construct) and what the mean level or average responses were for each construct. Then the relationships between constructs are explored in more detail, focusing in particular on expected patterns of correlations and the extent to which the findings are in line with the trial logic (Figure 5.1; see below for more detail).

######## Table 5.2 Definition of key explanatory and outcome variables

Key explanatory variables	Perceptions of change	Current behaviour and attitudes
Endorsement of the FRC	Child wellbeing change	Wellbeing
Leadership	Community engagement change	Seeking health support
Responsibility	Leadership change	Home living
Community improvement	Community engagement
Personal improvement

### 5.6 1: Scale formation and descriptive statistics 5.6 1: Scale formation and descriptive statistics

#### 5.6.1 explanatory variables 5.6.1 explanatory variables

All of the key explanatory variables were assessed on a 10-point scale (1 = ‘nothing like me’ to 10 = ‘exactly like me’) and were shown to be highly reliable (Cronbach’s alpha well above .65). Table 5.3 shows that average levels of FRC endorsement, leadership and responsibility were all above the midpoint of the scale (5.5). These results indicate that community members are supportive of the FRC, perceive strong leadership in communities and are quite highly motivated to work hard to make things better for themselves, their family and the community more broadly.

######## Table 5.3 Scale formation details and descriptive statistics for the key explanatory variables

Scale name	Items	Alpha	n	Mean	SD
FRC endorsement (1–10 scale)	I want the FRC to keep helping people	.93	519	6.97	3.01
I support people in this community when they are being helped by the FRC
I was not sure about the FRC when it first came in but now I see they are good for the community
Leadership (1–10 scale)	There is strong leadership in this community	.844	542	6.72	2.58
Most people in this community have respect for community leaders
Responsibility (1–10 scale)	I want to work hard to make things better for my family	.78	558	8.82	1.78
I am motivated to make things better for my community

########## SD = standard deviation; n = number

#### 5.6.2 variables—perceptions of change 5.6.2 variables—perceptions of change

Measures of perceptions of change are shown in Table 5.4. These include community engagement change, child wellbeing change, community improvement and personal improvement. Perceptions of community engagement change (‘People are working better together to fix problems than in 2008’, ‘People are willing to put in an effort to make the community better for themselves and family than in 2008’, alpha = .76) and leadership change (‘People show more respect for elders than in 2008’) were assessed on a 5-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). On average, both community engagement change (M = 3.65) and leadership change (M = 3.19) were rated above the midpoint of the scale. These results indicate that, on

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