Table 4 Global Crisis Severity Index (GCSI) Indicators factor loadings for each Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) factor solution. Factor loadings are only presented if greater than the absolute value of 0.3 (GCSI dataset, 2019, N = 172)

^aLandmass affected - absolute

0.43

0.32

0.45

0.32

Landmass affected - relative

0.86

0.86

^aPeople living in the affected area - absolute

0.49

0.37

0.49

0.33

People living in the affected area - relative

0.93

0.93

^aPeople affected - absolute

0.51

0.38

0.53

0.35

People affected - relative

0.74

0.75

^bPeople displaced - absolute

0.49

0.44

−0.41

^bPeople displaced - relative

0.36

0.37

−0.33

Corruption perception

0.64

0.51

^aRule of law (WGI)

0.56

0.35

0.42

0.42

0.47

Rule of law (BTI)

0.96

0.96

0.49

Freedom in the world

0.89

0.87

Total killed in all crisis

0.72

0.73

Conflict intensity

0.70

0.71

Gender inequality

0.38

0.51

Income gini coefficient

−0.35

−0.31

0.41

^aEthnic fractionalisation

^aSize of excluded ethnic groups

0.34

−0.31

Empowerment

0.47

0.51

BTI - Democracy status

0.93

0.95

Crisis affected groups

0.54

0.54

^aImpediments to entry into country (bureaucratic and administrative)

0.36

0.35

0.46

0.31

−0.34

Restriction of movement (impediments to freedom of movement and/or administrative restrictions)

0.87

0.88

Interference into implementation of humanitarian activities

0.67

0.65

Violence against personnel, facilities and assets

0.57

0.58

Denial of existence of humanitarian needs or entitlements to assistance

0.31

0.35

−0.39

Restriction and obstruction of access to services and assistance

0.80

0.79

Ongoing insecurity/hostilities affecting humanitarian assistance

0.76

0.79

Presence of mines and improvised explosive devices

0.62

0.64

Physical constraints in the environment (obstacles related to terrain, climate, lack of infrastructure, etc.)

0.38

0.34

^aTotal People in Need

0.51

0.40

0.53

0.36

^aCurrent humanitarian conditions of total population in the affected area