Association between perceived neighborhood environment and health of middle-aged women living in rapidly changing urban Mongolia

Table 2 Principal component analysis of perceptions of neighborhood environment in Ulaanbaatar (n = 754)

	Principal component factor loadings^a
	PE factor	DE factor	NC factor	PS factor	NE factor	CS factor
Air is clean during the summer season	0.720	0.068	0.098	0.191	−0.075	0.090
Streets are clean	0.693	0.221	0.080	0.169	0.114	0.273
Easy to find green open spaces	0.669	0.202	0.112	0.022	0.291	0.010
Streets are easy to walk on	0.657	0.231	0.172	0.190	0.092	0.189
Soil is safe	0.642	0.207	0.108	0.180	0.264	−0.063
Air is clean during the winter season	0.601	0.266	0.182	0.113	0.277	−0.283
My neighborhood is friendly for children	0.230	0.840	0.149	0.147	0.085	0.062
My neighborhood is friendly for elderly and disabled people	0.285	0.810	0.130	0.100	0.061	0.126
There is enough car parking near my home	0.183	0.727	0.149	0.105	0.140	0.039
Neighbors are friendly	0.049	0.186	0.770	0.098	0.007	0.076
Neighborhoods schools provide standard education	0.016	0.117	0.683	0.088	0.056	0.383
My neighborhood is peaceful	0.297	0.019	0.611	0.068	0.223	0.071
Traffic is not bad	0.350	0.375	0.601	0.152	0.079	−0.073
Drinking water is safe	0.175	0.076	0.030	0.797	0.070	0.167
Safe, healthy food is easily accessible	0.081	0.199	−0.023	0.766	−0.011	0.161
Crime rates are low	0.202	0.091	0.325	0.674	0.158	−0.214
People follow public rules	0.354	0.027	0.317	0.588	0.195	−0.141
River water is clean	0.166	0.121	0.131	0.100	0.838	0.049
Nature is well-preserved	0.225	0.107	0.064	0.107	0.826	0.114
Family health center is very close to home	0.006	0.153	0.064	0.042	0.192	0.700
Khoroo office provides opportunities for participation plans/events	0.238	−0.015	0.325	0.067	−0.080	0.582
r ² value	33.0	7.6	7.3	6.3	5.3	5.1

Khoroo is a community administrative unit in Mongolia
PE, quality of physical environment, DE quality of designed environment, NC quality of neighborhood community, PS quality of public safety, NE quality of natural environment, CS quality of citizen services
^aFactors with eigenvalue >1 are shown

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