Improvements in access to malaria treatment in Tanzania following community, retail sector and health facility interventions -- a user perspective

Table 2 Results of principal components analysis of socio-economic status (SES) variables

Item	2004		2006		2008
	Mean	weight	Mean	weight	Mean	weight
Meals consumed per day in past 2 days	2.31	0.42
Days per week that the following is consumed:
Meat	0.71	0.29
Rice	3.92	0.23
Tea	2.37	0.42
Main source of food:
Market	0.52	-0.34
Own farm	0.44	0.37
Source of water: 1 = tap 2 = well with pump 3 = well 4 = river	2.49	-0.06
Household owns at least 1:
Bicycle	0.45	0.32	0.57	0.42	0.65	0.44
Radio	0.49	0.34	0.65	0.38	0.66	0.42
Animal			0.09	0.17	0.10	0.23
Mobile phone			0.07	0.28	0.28	0.42
Corrugated iron roof			0.32	0.35	0.34	0.34
Small business as source of income			0.09	0.09	0.11	0.13
Rented accommodation			0.10	-0.02	0.10	0.02
Number of mosquito nets			1.97	0.46	2.03	0.35
Number of rooms	2.09	0.17	2.18	0.45	2.23	0.38
Toilet or latrine			0.92	0.15	0.93	0.06
Number of households included	14515/14997		16762/16888		17764/18813
Variation explained by first principal component	24%		23%		24%

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