Development of two socioeconomic indices for Saudi Arabia

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Factor loadings from principle component factor analysis after oblique rotation

Variable	Factor1	Factor2	Factor3
Educational status
Illiterate & read/write	−0.90
School degree	0.83
Diploma & university	0.80
Higher education	0.81
Employment status
In the labour force	0.64		−0.66
Student		0.65	0.62
Housewives	−0.60		0.38
Retired	−0.60
Other employment	−0.63		0.42
Type of housing
Traditional house (TH)	−0.70		0.30
Villa		0.62
A floor in a TH or villa	0.41	0.41
Apartment	0.86	−0.36
Other type of housing	−0.38		−0.81
Tenure of housing
Home owned	−0.75		0.43
Home rented	0.89
Home provided			−0.81
Other type of tenure		−0.32	0.30
Car ownership
No car	−0.45	−0.44
One car	0.48	−0.42	0.33
Household amenities
Two or more cars		0.86
Phone available	0.80
TV available	0.75
PC available	0.90
Internet available	0.92
Library available	0.90
Satellite available	0.88
Video available	0.86
Video games available	0.91

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