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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 4 Factor loadings

From: The role of microfinance institutions on women’s entrepreneurship development

Rotated component matrixa

Code

Item descriptions

Component

1

2

3

4

5

ED1

Profits of my enterprise tend to increase

0.761

    

ED2

The number of workers in my business has begun to increase

0.842

    

ED3

The number of products of my enterprise tends to increase

0.805

    

ED4

The number of buyers of my venture tends to increase

0.835

    

ED5

My household/family income tends to increase

0.778

    

ED6

My household/family consumption tends to increase

0.745

    

ED7

My household/family assets tend to increase

0.741

    

ED8

My household/family savings tend to extend

0.792

    

AF1

The loan interest rate is reasonable

 

0.759

   

AF2

The loan obtaining procedure is simple

 

0.771

   

AF3

The loan amount is sufficient

 

0.802

   

AF4

The loan repayment period is sufficient

 

0.687

   

AF5

The loan repayment procedure is easy

 

0.738

   

BS1

The business support training helped me in proper business record keeping

  

0.732

  

BS2

The business support training has improved and developed my saving culture

  

0.862

  

BS3

The business support training improved my financial management knowledge

  

0.827

  

BS5

The business support training given on marketing is sufficient and useful

  

0.732

  

SV1

The savings interest rate is reasonable

   

0.732

 

SV2

The saving procedures are simple and easy

   

0.663

 

SV3

Savings enables access to other services such as loans from the MFIs

   

0.766

 

SV4

The savings withdrawal procedure is easy

   

0.670

 

SV5

The saving is mandatory

   

0.793

 

SD1

My business benefits from skill development initiatives

    

0.764

SD2

The number of skill development programs is adequate

    

0.747

SD3

The Skill development programs are useful in improving my social status

    

0.769

SD4

The Skill development programs are useful in improving my family life

    

0.730

  1. Extraction method: principal component analysis
  2. Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalization
  3. aRotation converged in 5 iterations