Perceptions of Tenants: Development of a Stigma Scale for Rental Housing Residents

A lot of people living in rented houses and therefore, stigmatized by the society. To address the stigmatization of tenants and for their determination the assessment tools were required. The present study employed cross sectional research design to explore the stigmatization of adults living in rented houses. At first, a pool of 84 items was originated through interview. Through expert evaluation same 84 items retained after modification. The pilot study was completed with 84 items and afterward 71 items were selected on stigmatization scale for adults tenants which include variables of insecurity, discrimination, worthlessness, perceived dominance by others, stereotype. Further, field administration of these items was done by 355 adults. The data was examined by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The sample adequacy was tested using KMO and Bartlett's Test of Sphericity that was above .900 so, confirmed the sample adequacy. The EFA confirmed 42 items from 71 with factor loading range from 0.501 to 0.736. After deleting problematic items and execution of 7 covariance and 3 regression weights, the CFI value was .902. It was in the acceptable limit. Among 42 items 28 items were found reliable at the end of analysis. The value of Cronbach Alpha was .891.