Skip to main content

Table 2 Detailed numerical summary of the multiple correspondence analysis by categories

From: Oral health behaviors and bacterial transmission from mother to child: an explorative study

Characteristics and Categories

Adjusted MCA model

Horizontal Dimension

Vertical dimension

Mass

Quality

Inertia

Coord

R-Cntr

A-Cntr

Coord

R-Cntr

A-Cntr

Age

         

<25 yr

21

850

108

597

838

202

-74

13

21

25-29 yr

46

168

69

9

56

0

12

112

1

30-34 yr

64

829

62

-118

670

24

57

159

40

35+ yr

37

807

77

-142

636

20

-74

171

38

Education

         

Higher

62

724

72

-231

716

91

24

8

7

Vocational

86

174

47

30

157

2

10

17

2

Basic

19

783

111

617

752

198

-125

31

57

Tooth brushing

         

2/day

116

1027

32

-100

996

32

-18

31

7

<2/day

50

1027

74

231

996

74

41

31

16

Smoking

         

No

135

821

25

-121

808

54

15

13

6

Yes

32

821

105

506

808

227

-63

13

25

Sharing spoon

         

No

144

653

15

-38

276

6

-44

377

54

Yes

23

653

95

237

276

36

277

377

336

Kissing on lips

         

No

103

655

42

-68

244

13

-87

410

150

Yes

64

655

67

108

244

21

140

410

240

  1. Total inertia = 0.052854; of it the horizontal dimension explained 68.7 % and the vertical dimension 9.9 %
  2. Mass = the mass of each point (x1000)
  3. Quality = the quality of display in the solution subspace
  4. Inertia = the inertia of the point (in per mills (‰) of the total inertia)
  5. Coord = coordinate of the solution
  6. R-Cntr = the (relative) contribution of the principal axis to the point inertia (x1000)
  7. A-Cntr = the absolute contribution of the point to the inertia of the axis (in per mills (‰) of the principal inertia)