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Table 2 Factors and correlated questions

From: Humanitarian aid workers’ knowledge of minority cultures in Iraqi Kurdistan

Factor 1`number

Factor name

Correlated questions

Significance

1

Mental health and disability

Q9—Explanation of mental illnesses

0.894

Q8—Traditional healing practices for mental illnesses

0.894

Q7—Perception of physical disability

0.833

Q17—The roles of men and women

0.733

2

Family and healing practices

Q4—Family

0.886

Q6—Traditional healing practices for physical illnesses

0.857

Q5—Living arrangements

0.821

3

Rituals

Q22—Restrictions in communication

0.786

Q2—Eating and fasting rituals

0.727

Q14—Funeral and burying rituals

0.708

Q16—Social status

0.665

Q1—Restricted foods

0.623

4

Water and religion

Q3—Water and sanitation

0.876

Q12—Religious beliefs and practices

0.772

Q13—Holy places and pilgrimage

0.643

5

Behaviors

Q19—Holiday

0.840

Q11—Coping with hardships

0.636

Q18—Behavior

0.635