Factor analysis with mixed variables (continuous and binary) at once

[me12432t4q6364r]

Hello, 

Hoping someone could help. I have a dataset with mixed types of variables. Most are continuous (like unemployment, inflation etc), a few are binary or categorical (like being a democracy or not, or being previously colonised or not). And my task is to perform an exploratory factor analysis to see if there are any data patterns. Is it all possible to do a factor analysis with mixed type of data in SAS? 

Thanks a lot. 

[DR500]

Take a look at proc corresp with the MCA option... it may be the solution you need since it can handle continuous, categorical, etc.

[Ksharp]

The PRINQUAL procedure performs principal component analysis (PCA) of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed data.

Also check the the its example in documentation.

But don't know if it is what you are looking for .