Table A4.

Rotated component loadingsa used in the calculations to weight the composite index of sensitivity

VariablesExtracted dimensionsMatrix of squared factor loadings
1234512345
Distance to the nearest market0.9330.019−0.0060.016−0.0250.4530.0000.0000.0000.000
Distance to the nearest health centre0.9310.0180.025−0.01−0.020.4510.0000.0000.0000.000
Food stock reserve0.0830.6790.0030.167−0.1260.0000.2460.0000.0000.000
Sufficiency of crops harvested−0.151−0.647−0.098−0.201−0.0010.0000.2260.0000.0000.000
Seed reserve−0.1230.586−0.105−0.192−0.1220.0000.1860.0000.0000.000
Frequency of food intake per day−0.057−0.441−0.1520.2710.2390.0000.1050.0000.0000.000
Number of months with aid/year−0.0690.438−0.01−0.0580.2060.0000.1040.0000.0000.000
Access to river water0.0130.0630.7590.0440.0660.0000.0000.3900.0000.000
Access to pipped water0.134−0.0290.736−0.1640.0310.0000.0000.3670.0000.000
Number of months with water shortage in a year−0.1920.010.5150.08−0.3030.0000.0000.1800.0000.000
Distance to the nearest fuelwood source−0.0390.163−0.0380.6530.0760.0000.0000.0000.3260.000
Improved cooking stoves0.013−0.2020.0520.5840.0510.0000.0000.0000.2610.000
Availability of Fuelwood−0.056−0.0880.089−0.5180.3720.0000.0000.0000.2050.000
Location of farmland to potential hazards−0.0280.1510.0480.1810.7630.0000.0000.0000.0000.462
Productivity of farmland−0.211−0.265−0.186−0.050.423    0.142
Distance to the nearest fuelwood0.166−0.256−0.019−0.1380.3530.0000.0000.0000.0000.100

Notes:

Variable principal normalisation;

a

Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser normalisation

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