Areas with evidence of equity and their progress on mortality from tuberculosis in an endemic municipality of southeast Brazil

Table 2 Loads or eigenvectors for original variables for the construction of the indicators of equity

Original variables	Equity
Original variables	Indicator 1 (+)	Indicator 2 (−)	Indicator 3 (++)
Proportion of households with a nominal monthly income per head between ½ and 1 national minimum wage	−0.39	0.15	−0.00
Proportion of households with a nominal monthly income per head between 1 and 2 national minimum wages	−0.40	0.12	−0.05
Proportion of households with a nominal monthly income per head between 2 and 3 national minimum wages	−0.22	0.22	0.52
Proportion of households with a nominal monthly income per head between 3 and 5 national minimum wages	0.35	0.15	0.33
Proportion of households with a nominal monthly income per head between 5 and 10 national minimum wages	0.41	−0.08	−0.00
Proportion of literate responsible females	−0.11	−0.55	0.17
Proportion of literate responsible males	−0.11	−0.51	0.34
Proportion of permanent private households with 3 people resident	−0.14	−0.37	0.31
Proportion of permanent private households with 5 people resident	−0.11	0.38	0.51
Proportion of permanent private households with 8 people resident	−0.39	0.06	−0.11
Proportion of permanent private households with ten or more people resident	−0.32	−0.11	−0.29

The first equity indicator considers more positive variables (+) with regard to the construct of equity, with a prevalence of people earning between 3 and 10 national minimum wages, and with a negative relationship considering households with 8 people or more. The second equity indicator considers more negative characteristics (−) with regard to the construct, with heads of household (men and women) who are not literate and who live with five or more residents. The third equity indicator considers variables that are closer to equity, with a prevalence of people earning between 2 and 5 minimum wages; literate people being responsible for the households, and households having between three residents and a maximum of five

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