Table 1 Alpha Cronabah inner reliability—Social Equality Scale (baseline)

From: Politically-targeted intergroup interventions promote social equality and engagement

Item

Mean

Std. deviation

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach’s Alpha if item deleted

Israeli Arabs with citizenship should be given the same rights as Jewish citizens of Israel.

4.5687

1.8903

0.84

0.919

Israeli Arab citizens should have the same salary and equal employment opportunities as Jewish citizens of Israel.

4.9673

1.7624

0.842

0.919

Resources and infrastructure should be invested in communities where Israeli Arabs live to equalize them with the infrastructure and resources in communities where Jewish citizens of Israel reside.

4.8932

1.7831

0.818

0.92

Israeli Arab citizens should be allowed the right to protest, just as Jewish citizens of Israel are allowed.

4.8276

1.8281

0.805

0.921

It is necessary and possible to improve relations between Israeli Arab citizens and Jewish Israelis.

5.1676

1.6851

0.812

0.921

Israeli Arab citizens should be integrated into all parts of Israeli society.

4.7653

1.8082

0.854

0.918

Coexistence between Arabs and Jews is possible if both sides work hard enough to achieve it.

5.0606

1.7867

0.734

0.924

There is inequality between Jews and Arabs in Israel in the distribution of government budgets.

4.5117

1.6904

0.5

0.935

I am willing to take action (e.g., share a post, sign a petition, etc.) to reduce inequality in the distribution of government budgets.

3.8972

1.9072

0.581

0.932

Security bodies should be allowed to eavesdrop comprehensively on the phones of Israeli Arab citizens (Reversed)

4.4024

1.8874

0.547

0.934

  1. Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.932, no. of Items = 10.