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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2017 Jan 24;177:19–26. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.041

Table 2.

Characteristics and Factor Loadings for Measurement Models, N=2852

Construct and Indicators Missing data N (%) Standardized loading Number on figure
Physical exposure to the oil spill
Oil spill caused damage to areas fished commercially 19 195 (6.8) 0.72 1
Any smell exposure 142 1016 (37.5) 0.55 2
Worked on any oil spill clean-up activities 0 55 (1.9) 0.43 3
Came into physical contact with oil in other ways (e.g., during home, recreation, hunting, fishing, or other activities) 28 624 (22.1) 0.59 4
Oil spill directly affected recreational hunting/fishing/other activities of household 20 972 (34.3) 0.72 5
Any property lost or damaged due to oil spill or clean-up 4 72 (2.5) 0.70 6
Economic exposure to the oil spill
Lost HH income due to employment disruption/closing of business because of oil spill 11 743 (26.2) 0.76 7
Hit harder by oil spill compared to others in community 62 167 (6.0) 0.68 8
Oil spill had somewhat or very negative influence on HH financial situation 44 1064 (37.8) 0.85 9
Structural social capital
Neighborhood or block organization meeting 45 552 (19.7) 0.58 10
Business or civic group 44 412 (14.7) 0.79 11
Nationality or ethnic pride group 45 102 (3.6) 0.73 12
Local or state political organization 44 289 (10.3) 0.73 13
Volunteered in a local organization 44 1020 (36.3) 0.81 14
Veteran's group 44 173 (6.2) 0.47 15
Labor union 44 55 (2.0) 0.56 16
Literary, art, study, book club, or discussion group 45 469 (16.7) 0.64 17
Fraternity, sorority, or alumni group 44 264 (9.4) 0.67 18
Cognitive social capital
Sense of community scale (mean ± SD) 331 9.6 ± 2.56 0.90 19
Informal social control scale (mean ± SD) 218 16.8 ± 3.17 0.64 20
Social support
Received social support 62 2307 (82.7) 0.66 21
Provide everyday favors 36 2323 (82.5) 0.80 22
Take care if sick 55 2517 (90.0) 0.70 23
Lend money for medical emergency 69 2056 (73.9) 0.86 24
Talk about relationship troubles 38 2577 (91.6) 0.80 25
Locate housing if had to move 89 2203 (79.7) 0.87 26
Depressive symptoms 122
Depressed affect (mean ± SD) 74 3.4 ± 4.95 0.83 27
Positive affect (mean ± SD) 81 2.4 ± 3.15 0.71 28
Somatic activity (mean ± SD) 81 5.4 ± 5.15 0.85 29
Interpersonal (mean ± SD) 87 0.6 ± 1.28 0.56 30

Note: All factor loadings significant at p<0.0001