Table 4.

Principal component analysis (PCA)

ComponentsItemPC1
financial literacy
PC2
financial diligence
PC3
financing preference
PC4 financial
over-indebtedness
Financial literacyFL40.808   
FL50.795   
FL30.787   
FL20.606   
FL10.418   
Behavioral creditBC9 0.916  
BC8 0.907  
BC11 0.721  
BC10 0.474  
BC4  0.683 
BC1  0.664 
BC3  0.539 
BC2  0.532 
BC7   0.808
BC6   0.695
BC5   0.575
α 0.8110.8360.7010.737
No 1457145714571457
Note:

We conducted a principal component analysis on consumer credit behavior and financial literacy. To extract the components, we employed the Promax Method. We did not consider cross-loadings above 0.30, following the recommendation by Howard (2016) 

Source: Authors’ own creation

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