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Table 5 Factor pattern matrices for samples based on the approximately symmetric distributions of WHODAS 2.0 summary scores for each country

From: Why sample selection matters in exploratory factor analysis: implications for the 12-item World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0

 

China

India

Mexico

Russian Federation

South Africa

Ghana

I

II

I

II

I

II

I

II

I

II

III

I

II

III

Concentrating on doing something for 10 min

.38

.37

.45

-.25

.43

-.30

.47

.31

.37

.24

-.11

.51

.15

.13

Learning a new task

.06

.44

.18

-.50

.27

-.33

.32

.39

.33

.36

.10

.09

.38

.07

Standing for long periods

.56

-.02

.68

.04

.68

.16

.66

-.08

.70

-.07

-.02

.00

.21

.70

Walking a long distance such as a kilometre

.68

-.05

.65

.10

.65

.25

.72

-.11

.78

-.01

.11

-.06

.10

.84

Bathing/washing whole body

.92

-.01

.78

-.06

.70

-.21

.86

.07

.02

.05

-.90

.88

.05

-.06

Getting dressed

.85

.03

.79

-.04

.74

-.15

.89

.00

.03

.01

-.98

1.02

.05

-.15

Making or maintaining friendships

.14

.80

.02

-.85

.00

-.90

.01

.89

.01

.87

-.05

-.04

.96

-.06

Dealing with strangers

-.20

.80

-.08

-.89

.00

-.84

-.04

.90

-.05

.79

-.05

.01

.96

-.15

Taking care of household responsibilities

.65

.06

.62

-.04

.69

-.09

.84

.00

.70

-.03

-.23

.33

.26

.48

Day to day work

.87

-.05

.80

.14

.87

.09

.88

.01

.50

-.03

-.49

.39

-.06

.51

Joining in community activities

.65

.18

.52

-.25

.58

-.22

.67

.11

.44

.22

-.27

.00

.46

.55

Emotionally affected by health condition

.48

.12

.67

-.02

.59

.00

.57

.00

.54

.04

-.19

.44

-.07

.49

Correlations between factors

I-II: .46

I-II: −.33

I-II: −.32

I-II: .27

I-II: .27

I-III: −.49

II-III: −.33

I-II: .38

I-III: .33

II-III: .15

  1. Note. Matrices were rotated using Geomin. Loadings ≥ .40 are bolded