Table 3.

Principal component analysis outcomes for each of three poverty components

Component	Number of indicators included	Variance explained by first PC	First PC loadings
			Minimum value (corresponding indicator)	Maximum value (corresponding indicator)
Absolute poverty	7	74 %	0.29 (share of people in crowded houses)	0.42 (deprivation rate)
Relative poverty	3	95 %	0.57 (poverty rate)	0.59 (poverty depth)
Earnings & incomes	3	81 %	0.50 (employees’ compensation)	0.62 (net adjusted household income)