Modeling Age-Friendly Environment, Active Aging, and Social Connectedness in an Emerging Asian Economy

Table 3

Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) on the factors of age-friendly environment employing the informal caregiver respondents.

Variables	Pattern matrix
	1	2	3	4	5
() Communication and information
(a) Stay in touch with people	0.97
(b) Feel more connected	0.94
(c) Easier to reach people	0.92
(d) Increases communication	0.90
(e) Feel less isolated	0.88
(f) Easier to meet new people	0.74
() Outdoor spaces and buildings
(a) Good street lighting		0.91
(b) Sufficient outdoor seating		0.84
(c) Pavements are wide		0.81
(d) Bicycle lanes and walking trails		0.78
(e) Traffic signals for crossing		0.68
(f) Recreational facilities		0.67
(g) Interesting things to look at		0.49
() Transportation and housing
(a) Neighborhood safety			0.78
(b) Drop-off and pickup areas			0.77
(c) Accessible public transportation			0.73
(d) Priority seating			0.71
(e) Taxis are with discounts			0.62
(f) Free of pollution			0.57
(g) Available public transportation			0.56
(h) Accessible public toilets			0.55
(i) Walking trail from home to public transport station			0.55
() Community support and health services
(a) Reachable health services				0.88
(b) Affordable medical care				0.86
(c) Adequate range of services				0.72
(d) Physiotherapy services				0.69
() Social participation
(a) Leisure activities					0.81
(b) Social activities					0.81
(c) Lifelong learning					0.81
(d) Religion activities					0.70
KMO	0.92
Eigenvalue	13.96	4.09	2.14	1.77	1.21
Percentage of variance (%)	41.31	11.81	5.53	4.47	2.74