Table 4 Convergent validity Construct...

Table 4

Convergent validity

Construct	Items	Factor loadings (F)	Number of indicators (n)	CR	AV
Financial factors	FIN1	0.88	4	0.87	0.63
	FIN2	0.89
	FIN3	0.61
	FIN4	0.79
Environmental factors	ENV1	0.65	3	0.81	0.59
	ENV2	0.87
	ENV3	0.77
Psychological factors	PSYC1	0.88	4	0.89	0.67
	PSYC2	0.69
	PSYC3	0.75
	PSYC4	0.86
Sociological factors	SOCI1	0.82	4	0.85	0.62
	SOCI2	0.83
	SOCI3	0.73
	SOCI4	0.70
Sustainable rural livelihoods	SRL1	0.69	5	0.79	0.59
	SRL2	0.83
	SRL3	0.88
	SRL4	0.72
	SRL5	0.71
Women entrepreneurship	WIWE1	0.72	5	0.81	0.58
	WIWE2	0.72
	WIWE3	0.82
	WIWE4	0.73
	WIWE5	0.74

Construct	Items	Factor loadings (F)	Number of indicators (n)	CR	AV
Financial factors	FIN1	0.88	4	0.87	0.63
	FIN2	0.89
	FIN3	0.61
	FIN4	0.79
Environmental factors	ENV1	0.65	3	0.81	0.59
	ENV2	0.87
	ENV3	0.77
Psychological factors	PSYC1	0.88	4	0.89	0.67
	PSYC2	0.69
	PSYC3	0.75
	PSYC4	0.86
Sociological factors	SOCI1	0.82	4	0.85	0.62
	SOCI2	0.83
	SOCI3	0.73
	SOCI4	0.70
Sustainable rural livelihoods	SRL1	0.69	5	0.79	0.59
	SRL2	0.83
	SRL3	0.88
	SRL4	0.72
	SRL5	0.71
Women entrepreneurship	WIWE1	0.72	5	0.81	0.58
	WIWE2	0.72
	WIWE3	0.82
	WIWE4	0.73
	WIWE5	0.74

Note(s):

$C R = \frac{{(\sum F)}^{2}}{[{(\sum F)}^{2} + \sum (1 - F^{2})]}$ (1)

$A V E = \frac{\sum {F_{i}}^{2}}{n}$ (2)

Where:

F = standardized factor loading

N = number of items

Source(s): Primary data (2022)