Evidence for measurement bias of the short form health survey based on sex and metropolitan influence zone in a secondary care population

Table 4 Factor model parameter estimates from partial strict model across sex^a

	Factor Loadings
Item	Physical	Mental	Unique Variances	Latent Intercepts
1. General health	1.000^b	0.204	0.453	3.430
2. Current health limits moderate activities	0.804		0.250	2.555
3. Climbing stairs	0.830		0.293	2.450
4. Accomplishing less	1.157	0.484	0.548	4.017
5. Health limits kinds of activities	1.446	0.298	0.427	4.167
6. Emotional problems accomplishing less		1.000^b	0.397	4.305
7. Emotional problems being less careful		0.902	0.242	4.520
8. Pain interferes with work	1.342		0.478	4.218
9. Feeling calm		0.505	0.491	3.669
10. Feeling energetic	0.588	0.361	0.499	Male: 3.628 Female: 3.453
11. Feeling depressed		0.574	0.666	Male = 4.011 Female = 4.178
12. Social activities	0.528	0.579	0.449	4.468

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