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Table 5 Latent constructs and measurement scale

From: Social farming: a proposal to explore the effects of structural and relational variables on social farm results

Constructs and observed variables

Label

Factor loading

Standard error

AVE

Structural construct

STR

0.50

 Farm size

size

0.99

0.00

 Years in business

age

0.57

0.68

 Agricultural activity

activ

0.46

0.79

 Collective supply

coll

0.32

0.90

Relational construct

REL

0.51

 Knowledge

know

0.99

0.02

 Economic relations

econ

0.33

0.89

 Social relations

socio

0.57

0.67

 Other relations

other

0.51

0.74

Social farm result construct

RES

0.43

 Market problems

sales

0.27

0.93

 Farm diversification

divers

0.17

0.97

 Disadvantaged people

people

0.18

0.97