Table 2.

Principal components analyses of the avian flu–related behavior items

	Scenario 1				Scenario 2
	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Avoidance
Avoid crowds	.918	−.017	.065	−.024	.924	−.002	.094	.049
Avoid visiting hospitals	.846	.054	.045	−.003	.848	.027	.046	−.012
Avoid leaving your residence	.841	−.119	−.040	.032	.843	−.042	−.079	.041
Keep your children/yourself from school	.840	.073	−.085	.005	.865	.003	−.101	−.060
Helping
Help infected family members or friends directly (eg, administering medication)	.009	.918	−.045	.055	−.083	.828	−.009	.060
Help infected family members or friends indirectly (eg, running errands)	−.013	.867	.050	−.069	.073	.883	−.001	−.038
Illegal
Steal from a hospital to acquire vaccines and/or medication for yourself, family, or friends	.016	.011	−.957	.069	.032	.025	−.950	−.074
Steal from a neighbor to acquire vaccines and/or medication for yourself, family, or friends	−.042	−.017	−.951	.069	−.006	.000	−.942	−.089
Purchase vaccines and/or medication on the black market (on the stress) for yourself, family, or friends.	.072	.012	−.650	−.269	.030	−.028	−.649	.344
Sacrifice
Wait in long lines for vaccines and/or medication for yourself, family, or friends	−.026	−.011	−.020	−.956	−.044	.010	−.008	.947
Pay high prices for vaccines and/or medication for yourself, family, or friends	.023	.038	.019	−.936	.085	.043	.029	.908
Percent of variance	33.72	20.59	16.35	9.42	35.51	10.12	15.56	18.26

The four components are listed under “Scenario 1” and “Scenario 2,” and the component loadings shown are from the pattern matrices.