Table 3.

Factor Analysis of the 18 Items on the Final Version of ILBPDQ

	Factors
Item Number	Item question	*CADL	†CSADL	‡Communality (h2)
1	Walking (15 — 20mins)	.76	.18	.64
2	Sitting on a chair (1 hour or more).	.70	.22	.54
3	Lifting heavy weight	.75	.28	.64
4	Standing (15 – 20 minutes)	.84	.21	.75
5	Bending (wash clothes floor level)	.65	.41	.60
6	Climbing the stairs	.64	.40	.57
8	Sitting at floor level	.63	.42	.58
10	Standing (1 hour or more)	.89	.20	.83
13	Getting up from floor level	.71	.43	.68
15	Sleeping through the night	.53	.19	.32
16	Sweeping with a broom	.59	.45	.55
17	Getting up from a low chair/ low stool	.64	.40	.58
18	Bending to put on underclothes.	.74	.33	.65
7	Greeting (kneeling/prostrating)	.14	.64	.43
9	Farming/gardening activities	.41	.53	.45
11	Drawing water from the well	.18	.70	.51
12	Squatting (pit toilet/latrine).	.21	.70	.53
14	Sexual intercourse§	.33	.06	.11
	% Variance explained Eigen value	51.50 9.27	8.83 1.59

^*Common Activities of Daily Living

^†Culture Specific Activities of Daily Living

^‡The amount of variability in the item explained by the two factors

^§Item not loaded on any factor

Bold items are those loading on the respective factors under which they appear.