Skip to main content

Table 3 CSES exploratory factor analysis

From: Development of a community’s self-efficacy scale for preventing social isolation among community-dwelling older people (Mimamori Scale)

 

GEN

N = 3,484

CVOL

N = 859

Factor I

Factor II

Communality

Factor I

Factor II

Communality

Community network

Q1

I can participate in the activities or volunteer work of my neighborhood association.

0.86

0.01

0.73

0.80

0.03

0.66

Q2

I can create an environment in which my neighbors can comfortably gather.

0.80

0.11

0.75

0.76

0.10

0.69

Q3

I can encourage nearby neighbors to come out to gatherings.

0.76

0.17

0.59

0.72

0.03

0.48

Q4

I can discuss my concerns about residents at neighborhood gatherings or community meetings held by local government.

0.68

0.15

0.62

0.62

0.16

0.54

Neighborhood watch

Q5

I can check in on elderly neighbors if I do not see them for a few days.

0.05

0.78

0.64

0.04

0.75

0.59

Q6

I can help older neighbors with grocery shopping, garbage disposal, and other chores.

0.05

0.77

0.60

0.04

0.68

0.43

Q7

I can check in on neighborhood households where there are no signs of activity there.

0.08

0.73

0.65

0.18

0.63

0.58

Q8

When I notice a person I do not know in the neighborhood, I can speak to them.

0.07

0.62

0.45

0.14

0.65

0.45

Contribution %

0.24

0.28

0.52

0.32

0.22

0.54

Cumulative contribution %

0.24

0.52

0.52

0.32

0.54

0.54