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Table 1 Principal Component Analysis Factor Loadings for Enumeration Area-Level Urbanization Variables

From: Quantitative urban classification for malaria epidemiology in sub-Saharan Africa

Variable

Factor I

Factor II

Factor III

Proportion of caregivers completing primary school

0.00098

-0.04665

0.89380

Proportion of households with access to electricity

-0.03707

0.39822

0.72166

Proportion of households that own their dwelling

0.67133

-0.16530

-0.22856

Proportion of households with piped water

0.11341

0.86257

0.21333

Population density

-0.71133

-0.17275

-0.19904

Distance from center of town

0.32208

-0.80290

0.00288

Mean NDVI*

0.82191

-0.18915

-0.01660

  1. * NDVI = Normalized Difference Vegetation Index