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xxxix Correlations (Pearson, 2-tailed): SRQ-8 and Total Trauma Score [0.42; p=0.01]; SRQ-8 and
OVT Score [0.36; p=0.01]; SRQ-8 and Operation Murambatsvina (OM) Score [0.46; p=0.01]; and
SRQ-8 and Number of different years affected [0.111; p=0.01].
xl The ranks were significantly correlated: Harare/Bulawayo [0.89; p=0.01], Harare/Mutare [0.91;
p=0.01], and Bulawayo/Mutare [0.83; p=0.01].
xli There were significant differences between the sites for all years [Tabled=7.88; p=0.005]: <1980
[Chi-square=81.98], 1980-1987 [Chi-square=26.22], 1990-1997 [Chi-square=64.21], 1998-2000
[Chi-square=359.02], 2000-2004 [Chi-square=703.67 ], and 2005 [Chi-square=1036.63].
xlii See “Report of the Fact-Finding Mission to Zimbabwe to assess the Scope and Impact of Operation
Murambatsvina by the UN Special Envoy on Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe”.
xliii See Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (1999), A Consolidated Report on the Food Riots 19—23
January 1998, HARARE: ZIMBABWE HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FORUM.
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