Use of the main component method in complex socio-hygienic study of life style and health status of workers' families
Molchanova, L.F.
Sovetskoe Zdravookhranenie 8: 49-54
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0038-5239 PMID: 2237619 Document Number: 353108
On the basis of the survey of 350 families an analysis is made of the impact of some particular living conditions and mode of life on the families health by using the method of main components. This made it possible to range the factors - the main components according to the degree of their influence and to single out the leading ones in the formation of health. The analysis indicated that more than a half of contribution to the general dispersion of the internal structure of health phenomenon of family members is made by lifestyle factors.