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Table 4 Protective measures, malaria and nuisance mosquito densities and their scores in three different factors and the percent of the variance these factors account for derived through principal component analysis.

From: Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

 

% of Variance

24.55

21.41

15.67

Scores

Complete ceilinga

-0.477

0.646

0.039

 

Good screeningb

-0.155

0.629

-0.362

 

Other personal protectionc

-0.528

0.392

0.374

 

Bednet use

0.773

0.236

-0.223

 

ITN use

0.628

0.508

-0.076

 

Mean log (An. gambiae s.l.)

0.334

-0.068

0.764

 

Mean log Culex

0.289

0.463

0.430

  1. a Complete and partly complete ceiling board
  2. b Screening without holes, with small holes or glass windows
  3. c Coils, spray and/or repellent