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Table 1 Results from the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Mean, Standard Deviation (SD) and Factor Score for the variables included in the First Principal Component (n = 3210)

From: Determinants of bed net use in children under five and household bed net ownership on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

Variable description

Mean(SD)

Factor Score

(1st Component)

Assets

  

Television

0.759(0.428)

0.291

Bicycle

0.045(0.206)

0.108

Motorcycle

0.014(0.117)

0.058

Motorboat

0.014(0.116)

0.049

Radio

0.666(0.472)

0.199

Refrigerator

0.612(0.487)

0.302

Car

0.161(0.367)

0.215

Telephone

0.874(0.332)

0.228

Rooms

4.697(2.347)

0.175

Source of lighting

  

Private generator

0.354(0.478)

0.079

Public electricity

0.574(0.494)

-0.003

Gas or petrol lamp

0.045(0.207)

-0.135

Source of water supply

  

Piped water from public tap

0.520(0.499)

-0.076

River/Stream/Manantial

0.314(0.464)

0.003

Protected well

0.052(0.222)

0.048

Type of floor

  

Cement

0.702(0.458)

-0.210

Stone

0.225(0.418)

0.320

Dust

0.065(0.246)

-0.151

Sanitation facilities

  

Flush toilet

0.310(0.462)

0.229

Traditional latrine

0.267(0.443)

-0.206

Ventilated latrine

0.252(0.434)

0.027

Type of walls

  

Cement

0.363(0.481)

0.248

Wood

0.616(0.486)

-0.226

Source of cooking fuel

  

Gas

0.256(0.437)

0.284

Kerosene

0.545(0.498)

-0.071

Wood

0.173(0.378)

-0.223

Other

  

Not open Eaves

0.627(0.484)

0.250

Window Glass

0.050(0.219)

0.173