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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 Mar;20(3):473–483. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1161-4

Table 2.

Convergent and Discriminant Validity: Factor Loadings and Cross Loadings

Construct
Indicators Pre-existing Background (PB) Factors PB * Conflict Substance Use (SU) SU * Conflict Vulnerability
Pre-existing Background (PB) Factors
    Prevalence of HIV 0.769 0.326 −0.233 0.055 0.583
    Ethnic Heterogeneity 0.524 0.410 −0.083 0.113 0.262
    Natural Disasters 0.779 0.531 −0.215 0.294 0.596
    Prevalence of HIV * Conflict 0.768 0.835 −0.238 0.434 0.534
    Ethnic Heterogeneity * Conflict 0.449 0.883 −0.268 0.429 0.361
    Natural Disasters * Conflict 0.500 0.873 −0.220 0.578 0.466
Substance Use (SU)
    Alcohol Consumption −0.160 −0.262 0.707 0.133 −0.066
    Prevalence of Drug Use −0.255 −0.237 0.889 0.194 −0.182
    Prevalence of IDU −0.179 −0.151 0.677 0.233 −0.078
    Alcohol Consumption * Conflict 0.294 0.624 0.127 0.915 0.381
    Prevalence of Drug Use * Conflict 0.118 0.419 0.247 0.817 0.198
    Prevalence of IDU * Conflict 0.023 0.153 0.333 0.693 0.163
Vulnerability
    Refugees 0.299 0.465 0.032 0.352 0.637
    Total HIV Spending 0.441 0.199 −0.144 0.158 0.703
    Number of People on ART 0.775 0.479 −0.216 0.237 0.850