Table 2.
Gender-related variables and corresponding factor loading in PCA
| Component | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Employment status 2014 | − .041 | − .082 | − .097 | − .042 | .713 |
| Risk-taking behaviour composite | − .004 | .122 | .384 | .592 | − .137 |
| BFI-Neuroticism | .787 | − .093 | .047 | − .068 | − .002 |
| BFI-Agreeableness | − .169 | .297 | − .486 | .067 | .066 |
| BFI-Extraversion | − .057 | .767 | − .092 | − .041 | .062 |
| BFI-Conscientiousness | − .227 | .455 | − .386 | − .057 | − .129 |
| BFI-Openness | − .012 | .812 | .088 | .060 | − .021 |
| The good things in my life | .381 | − .145 | .114 | − .057 | .403 |
| Perceived stress | .815 | − .092 | − .024 | .027 | − .076 |
| Chronic strain | .819 | .016 | .013 | .106 | − .056 |
| UCLA-Loneliness: composite | − .176 | .323 | .121 | .079 | .567 |
| Family status 2009–2014 | .045 | − .089 | − .256 | .823 | .080 |
| Education | − .100 | .092 | .730 | − .011 | .060 |
In this factor analysis, an item was said to load on a given component if the factor loading was 0.40 or greater for that component and was less than 0.4 for other components. Based on this analysis, all items were included in logistic regression (n = 1869)