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Table 2 Factor loadings (pattern matrix) and unique variances

From: Entry of men into the labour market in West Germany and their career mobility (1945–2008)Berufseintritt von Männern in Westdeutschland und ihre Karrieremobilität (1945–2008)

Variables

Factor 1:

Modernisation level

Factor 2:

Labour market conditions

Uniqueness

Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin scores

Volume of labour force

0.9644

−0.0015

0.0699

0.7861

Labour force participation rate

0.9111

−0.0931

0.1611

0.9064

Share of employees in the primary sector

−0.9619

0.0542

0.0719

0.6975

Share of employees in the secondary sector

−0.8080

0.5319

0.0642

0.7391

Share of employees in the tertiary sector

0.9360

−0.3459

0.0042

0.7442

Economic performance (GDP)

0.8879

−0.3858

0.0628

0.8933

Economic performance per capita

0.9050

−0.4035

0.0181

0.8593

(Negative) Unemployment rate

0.2658

−0.9229

0.0776

0.7986

Ratio of notified vacancies and manpower

0.0331

0.9300

0.1340

0.6239

Number of firms

−0.5119

0.7654

0.1521

0.8777

Overall

   

0.7958

Eigenvalue

7.2959

1.8881

  

Variance

0.6156

0.3028

  
  1. Sources: German Federal Office of Statistics (Statistical yearbooks; time series of official statistics; www.DESTATIS.de: Genesis online)
  2. GESIS The German System of Social Indicators