Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics and Rotated Factor Loadings for Items on Walking Barriers Survey Instrument
| Walking Barriers | Descriptive Statistics n = 305 | Factor Loadings n = 225a | |||
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| Mean Scoreb (SD) | % DNAc | Factor 1d | Factor 2e | Factor 3f | |
| Restrictive clothing | 1.9 (1.1) | 5.6 | .663 | .385 | .177 |
| Ruining nice clothing | 1.8 (1.0) | 4.6 | .878 | .118 | -.066 |
| Ruining hairstyle | 1.6 (0.9) | 5.3 | .775 | .010 | .176 |
| Perspiring | 2.1 (1.1) | 3.0 | .747 | .320 | .025 |
| Uncomfortable shoes | 2.2 (1.2) | 3.3 | .299 | .704 | .165 |
| Foot pain | 1.6 (0.9) | 11.5 | .012 | .780 | .076 |
| Blisters | 1.5 (0.9) | 11.8 | .273 | .702 | .004 |
| A lot to carry | 2.5 (1.1) | 4.3 | .370 | .123 | .647 |
| Lack of time | 3.2 (1.0) | 3.0 | .071 | −.098 | .816 |
| Lack of sidewalks | 1.3 (0.7) | 13.8 | −.118 | .287 | .594 |
a
Listwise deletion of missing values.
b
Participants responded to each potential barrier using a 4-point scale, with 1 indicating not at all and 4 indicating a great deal.
c
Indicates percentage of respondents reporting does not apply
d
Factor 1 had an eigenvalue of 3.61 with 36.1% of the variance explained.
e
Factor 2 had an eigenvalue of 1.36 with 13.6% of the variance explained.
f
Factor 3 had an eigenvalue of 1.22 with 12.2% of the variance explained.