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Table 2 Factors extracted from FA and indicators loaded to each factor

From: Maternal mortality: a cross-sectional study in global health

Factor

Group (based on World Bank categories)

Indicators

1

1A

Private sector and trade

7 Logistics performance indexes (Overall, competence and quality of logistics services, frequency with which shipments reach consignee within scheduled or expected time, ability to track and trace consignments, Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure, Efficiency of customs clearance process, Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments), food imports (% of merchandise imports), Private credit bureau coverage (% of adults)

1B

Governance

Rule of law, political stability and absence of violence/terrorism, control of corruption, voice and Accountability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, strength of legal rights index

2

Education (input, outcome, efficiency, participation)

Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%), Secondary education, pupils (% female), Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%)Secondary education, general pupils (% female), Primary education, pupils (% female), Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%), Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group), Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group), School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross), School enrollment, primary, female (% net), Primary education, teachers (% female), School enrollment, primary (% net), Pupil-teacher ratio, primary

3

Employment and social protection (Labor force structure, Economic Activity)

Employment to population ratio, ages 15–24, female (%), Labor force participation rate for ages 15–24, female (%), Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%), Labor participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+), Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%), Employment to population ratio, ages 15–24, total (%), Labor force participation rate for ages 15–24, total (%), Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15–64)

4

Economic Policy and debt

External balance on goods and services (% of GDP), Gross domestic savings (% of GDP), Gross national expenditure (% of GDP), Final consumption expenditure, etc. (% of GDP), Current account balance (% of GDP), Exports of goods and services (% 6of GDP), External resources for health (% of total expenditure on health)

5

Health- service expenditure (services)

Health expenditure, public (% of total health expenditure), Out-of-pocket health expenditure (% of total expenditure on health), Health expenditure, public (% of GDP), Health expenditure, public (% of government expenditure), Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)

6

Environment- Agriculture and Production

Crop production index, Food production index

7

Education-Efficiency

Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment), Repeaters, primary, female (% of female enrollment)

8

Private sector- Private infrastructure

Export volume index, Export value Index

9

Economic Policy & debt (goods export and imports)

Goods exports, Goods imports