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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2021 May 12;281:114023. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114023

Table 3.

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) loadings.

Items F-I Item (brief content) KMO Factor Loading
1 Having enough money to cover basic needs? 0.84 0.57
2 The cost of food? 0.85 0.59
3 Having enough food to eat? 0.81 0.47
4 Your children’s futures? 0.83 0.44
5 Your family member’s safety? 0.81 0.38
6 Walking alone at night? 0.82 0.31
7 Losing a family or friend to violence? (e.g. guns/clubs?) 0.82 0.37
8 A spouse or partner who takes too much alcohol or drugs? 0.79 0.24
9 Thinking about a past abuse from a family member? 0.86 0.46
10 Feeling unsafe around a family member? 0.83 0.38
Eigenvalue 4.02
M 1.38
SD 0.68
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient .81
11 Needing to seek medical care? 0.79 0.38
12 Following the doctor’s orders for self-care? 0.48 0.12
13 Caring for a family member who has an illness? 0.92 0.40
14 Your job? 0.48 −0.08
15 Not having a job? 0.72 0.39
16 Memory of something that happened to you during your childhood? 0.81 0.48
17 Feeling sad? 0.83 0.67
18 Thinking too much 0.86 0.71
20 Feeling stress or shame caused by judgment by others about your illness 0.84 0.31
21 Feeling physical pain or discomfort 0.81 0.40