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Table 2 Factor analysis of the 14 socio-economic variables from eight domains

From: Measuring health-related social deprivation in small areas: development of an index and examination of its association with cancer mortality

Domains

Variable

Factor 1 (f1)

Factor 2 (f2)

Factor 3 (f3)

Education

no schooling

0.71

-0.38

0.01

degree course

-0.88

0.41

-0.02

Income

low income

0.79

-0.16

0.16

Employment

unemployment

0.74

-0.33

0.01

Occupation

managerial occupation

-0.87

0.28

0.02

elementary occupation

-0.48

-0.19

0.71

Marital status

divorced/separated

0.62

0.05

0.36

never-married

0.19

0.26

0.32

Family composition

nuclear family

-0.55

-0.64

-0.27

Family size

one-person household

0.51

0.80

0.17

two-persons household

0.57

0.26

-0.35

6 + persons household

-0.74

-0.19

0.52

Tenure of accommodation

ownership

-0.57

0.12

-0.46

sub-tenancy

0.20

0.41

0.02

Eigenvalue

6.05

2.00

1.58

Proportion

50.9%

16.9%

13.3%