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. 2014 Aug 16;14:90. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-90

Table 1.

Principal component analysis with seven emergent factors

7 factors
Rotated Component Matrix(a)
 
Component
  1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Engagement Contextual SES Social support Living situation Self-esteem Sense of control Relations w/ others
Frequency of group engagement
.927*
-.037
-.022
-.032
.021
.006
.063
No group engagement
.917*
-.029
-.018
-.003
-.006
.013
.050
Attending religious services
.471*
.065
.141
.056
-.035
-.018
.138
Physical leisure activities
.311*
-.223
.043
.151
.246
.032
-.056
EA income
.004
.783*
-.010
-.106
.014
-.021
-.195
EA education
.000
.735*
-.022
.002
-.076
-.010
.264
EA inequality
.034
-.704*
.054
.001
-.046
-.029
-6.15E-005
EA unemployment
.015
.582*
.049
.007
.010
-.059
-.147
Support: advice
.055
-.012
.736*
.039
-.065
.109
.011
Support: help in a crisis
.019
-.019
.713*
-.061
.008
.025
-.014
Support: someone to confide in
.061
-.027
.680*
-.107
.001
.136
.006
Support: someone to make you feel loved
.033
-.006
.583*
.196
.119
.020
.002
Frequency of contact with relatives
-.017
.030
.372*
.151
.039
-.121
.216
Lives alone
.018
-.035
.076
.940*
-.008
.046
-.036
Marital status
.054
-.051
.057
.937*
.013
.053
-.016
Worth equal to others
-.012
-.018
.022
.025
.846*
-.016
.032
Positive attitude towards self
.014
.027
.046
-.032
.841*
.086
.082
Too much expected of you by others
-.122
.007
.016
-.030
-.059
.566*
.026
Want to move but cannot
.050
-.001
.036
-.008
.074
.560*
.150
Not enough money to buy the things you need
.067
-.083
.039
.004
.006
.524*
-.101
Little control over things that happen
.078
-.025
.046
-.015
.263
.488*
-.207
How often have people let you down
-.011
.045
.115
.127
-.003
.462*
.176
Noisy/polluted neighbourhood
-.004
-.064
-.106
.044
-.087
.392*
.360
Frequency of contact with neighbours
.092
.029
.147
-.053
.120
.067
.555*
EA caregiving for seniors
.001
.149
.025
-.065
.128
.006
-.500*
Frequency of contact with friends
.274
-.012
.241
-.195
.091
.049
.405*
Education
.262
-.344
.017
-.069
.166
.148
-.386
Ability to speak English or French .070 .003 -.012 -.026 .084 .047 .178

Each variable’s factor loading is indicated by *.

Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization. Rotation converged in 6 iterations.

EA = Enumeration Area.