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Table 8 Principal component analysis of LMUP

From: Proportion of unplanned pregnancies, their determinants and health outcomes of women delivering at a teaching hospital in Sri Lanka

Items

Missing data

Corrected Item total correlation

Cronbach’s alpha

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted

Component loadings

Sri Lankan Sinhalese

  

0.936

 

Eigenvalues-4.643

1 (Contraception)

2 (0.4%)

.602

 

.947

.967

2 (Timing)

6 (1.3%)

.907

 

.912

.946

3 (Desire for motherhood)

9 (2%)

.909

 

.911

.946

4 (Desire of baby)

11 (2.4%)

.931

 

.909

.961

5 (Partner discussion)

8 (1.7%)

.931

 

.909

.959

6 (Preparation)

7 (1.0%)

.635

 

.950

.723