Table 3.

Bootstrapping test of outer loadings (Mean, STDEV, T-values)

Manifest variable	Original Sample (O)	Sample Mean (M)	Standard Deviation (STDEV)	Standard Error (STERR)	T Statistics (|O/STERR|)
x1 <- TB Epidemic	0.6405	0.6152	0.3008	0.3008	2.1296**
x2 <- TB Epidemic	0.8219	0.7174	0.3057	0.3057	2.6888**
x3 <- TB Epidemic	0.8219	0.7161	0.3062	0.3062	2.6846**
x4 <- Health service	0.8626	0.2554	0.6019	0.6019	1.4331*
x5 <- Health service	0.5313	0.5564	0.4203	0.4203	1.2641
x6 <- Health service	0.5313	0.5545	0.4228	0.4228	1.2566
x7 <- Health service	0.5772	0.5699	0.4273	0.4273	1.3509*
x8 <- Health Expenditure	0.8209	0.6921	0.3694	0.3694	2.2220**
x9 <- Health Expenditure	0.9977	0.8866	0.3280	0.3280	3.0418**
x10 <- Health Expenditure	0.9857	0.8734	0.3400	0.3400	2.8995**
x11 <- DOTS Effect	0.8871	0.8834	0.0545	0.0545	16.2772**
x12 <- DOTS Effect	0.9057	0.9033	0.0467	0.0467	19.4104**
AP <- Humidity	0.8636	0.8586	0.0421	0.0421	20.4883**
GCZ <- Humidity	0.9375	0.9378	0.0137	0.0137	68.4549**
ATT <- Temperature	0.9679	0.9653	0.0626	0.0626	15.4580**
GL <- Tem Temperature	0.9424	0.9377	0.0643	0.0643	14.6578**
TCZ <- Tem Temperature	0.9457	0.9436	0.0618	0.0618	15.2957**
MDR-rate <- DR-TB	0.8960	0.8905	0.0236	0.0236	38.0375**
Mono-rate <- DR-TB	0.6749	0.6855	0.0618	0.0618	10.9152**
Poly-rate <- DR-TB	0.9134	0.9129	0.0205	0.0205	44.4736**

**P < 0.05, *P < 0.20.