Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, Cronbach's Alphas and correlations

			2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.
	M (SD)	α	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r	r
1. Social identification as a Hindu	4.73(0.52)	0.89	.14***	.08*	.19***	.27***	.14***	−.02	−.04	−.03	.08*	.14***	−.03	.11**
2. Religious practices at home	4.92(2.28)	0.62		36***	.08*	.20***	.16***	−.14***	−.17***	.08*	.26***	.10**	−.03	.33***
3. Religious practices in temples	2.76(2.86)	0.88			.09*	.14***	.09**	−.04	−.05	.03	.04	.02	−.02	.07
4. Perceived standing in the group	4.05(0.85)	0.95				.38***	.16***	.13***	.10**	−.02	−.09**	.14***	−.04	.03
5. Stress-related self-efficacy	3.79(0.93)	0.89					.47***	−.40***	−.38***	−.13***	.15**	.15***	.03	.27***
6. Self-assessed health	3.31(0.93)	0.78						−.48***	−.50***	−.18***	.27***	.03	.11**	.28***
7. Psychological symptoms of ill-health	2.15(1.13)	0.84							.58***	.04	−.29***	−.02	−.07*	−.29***
8. Physical symptoms of ill-health	2.02(0.89)	0.61								.10**	−.33***	−.06	−.03	−.35***
9. Age											.21***	.02	−.20***	−.04
10. Gender												−.03	.12**	.62***
11. Caste													−.02	.14***
12. Marital status														.13***
13. Education

Note:

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01

^***p < .001;

Female, low-caste, widowed and illiterate participants were coded zero