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Table 1 Results from the principal component analysis (PCA)

From: Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria in children from the Ashanti Region, Ghana

Factor

Eigenvalue

Variance proportion

Cumulative variance proportion

Factor 1

2.20

0.20

0.20

Factor 2

1.07

0.10

0.30

Factor 3

1.06

0.10

0.40

Factor 4

1.01

0.09

0.49

Factor 5

0.97

0.09

0.57

Factor 6

0.94

0.09

0.66

Factor 7

0.85

0.08

0.74

Factor 8

0.82

0.07

0.81

Factor 9

0.76

0.07

0.88

Factor 10

0.71

0.06

0.94

Factor 11

0.62

0.06

1.00

Observed variable

Weight for factor 1 (economic status score)

  

Freezing as conservation

0.65

  

Education mother

0.58

  

Toilet supply

0.56

  

Electricity

0.53

  

House type

0.47

  

Education father

0.43

  

Income manage

0.43

  

Relative abroad

0.33

  

Water supply

0.27

  

Cooking

0.22

  

NHIS

0.15