Micro-level economic factors and incentives in Children’s energy balance related behaviours - findings from the ENERGY European cross-section questionnaire survey

Table 2 Principal component analysis of home environment factors

	Home availability	Home health arguments	Home enforcement	Home awareness	Communality estimates
Eigen value	3.614	2.187	1.081	0.903
% variation	30.1%	18.2%	9.0%	7.5%
cumulative %	30.1%	48.3%	57.3%	64.9%
Varimax rotated factor loadings
There are soft drinks available at home for my child *	0.795	-0.188	0.025	0.092	0.68
I pay atttention to the amount of soft drinks that my child drinks*	-0.248	0.173	-0.196	0.746	0.69
If my child asks for soft drinks; I will give it to him/her*	0.815	-0.106	0.087	-0.192	0.72
My child is allowed to take soft drinks whenever (s)he wants*	0.726	-0.046	0.147	-0.380	0.70
I negotiate with my child how much soft drinks (s)he is allowed to drink*	0.060	0.258	0.326	0.680	0.64
How often do you tell your child that soft drinks are not good for him/her*	-0.191	0.758	0.104	0.278	0.70
How often do you tell your child that soft drinks can make him/her fat*	-0.079	0.819	0.090	0.070	0.69
How often do you tell your child that soft drinks are bad for his/her teeth*	-0.067	0.833	0.016	0.069	0.70
If I would like to drink soft drinks, I would restrain myself because of the presence of my child*	-0.333	0.452	0.183	0.223	0.40
If I prohibit my child from drinking soft drinks, (she) tries to drink it anyway*	0.059	0.113	0.823	0.029	0.70
If I prohibit my child from drinking soft drinks, I find it difficult to stock to my rul(s), if (s)he starts negotiating*	0.104	0.081	0.825	-0.002	0.70
How often do you or your spouse drink soft drinks with your child**	0.690	-0.091	0.038	0.017	0.49

*Response levels: Never/Not Often/Sometimes/Often/Always/Missing.
** Response levels: Never/Less than once a week/Once a week/2-4 days a week/5-6 days a week/Every day/More than once every day/Missing.

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