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Table 1 Factor loadings of the dimensions of women’s agency in marital relationships before varimax rotation and the Cronbach’s alpha test

From: Empowerment and use of modern contraceptive methods among married women in Burkina Faso: a multilevel analysis

Women’s agency

Factors loadings (Dimensionality)

Cronbach’s alpha coefficients (Consistency)

 

Attitudes toward domestic violence

Participation in household decision-making

Problems accessing healthcare

 

Participation in household decision-making

   

0.65

 Family visits

0.1586

0.6136

0.1564

 

 Own healthcare

0.1500

0.5701

0.2019

 

 Household purchases

0.0980

0.3495

0.2463

 

Problems accessing healthcare

   

0.70

 Needs permission to go

0.0799

−0.2277

0.4930

 

 Needs money for treatment

0.0667

−0.0601

0.3568

 

 Is prohibited by the distance to health facility

0.0973

−0.2318

0.4412

 

 Is not willing to go alone

0.0913

−0.1962

0.4984

 

Attitudes toward domestic violence

   

0.83

 If the wife goes out without telling her husband

0.4440

−0.0881

−0.0951

 

 If the wife neglects the children

0.4536

−0.0946

−0.1087

 

 If the wife argues with her husband

0.4552

−0.0581

−0.1306

 

 If the wife refuses sex

0.4087

−0.0345

−0.1354

 

 If the wife burns food

0.3701

−0.0859

−0.0664

 

Eigen values

3.1

1.7

2.2

 

Variance explained (%)

25.7

18.5

14.0