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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health Nutr. 2011 Feb 22;14(7):1165–1176. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010003058

Table 2.

Factor validity and item analysis for twenty-three items in the food behaviour checklist for low-income Spanish-speaking women in California (n 154)

Food behaviour item Factor loading Mean response (n 82) sd
Fruit and Vegetable sub-scale Factor 1
1. ¿Come frutas o verduras entre comidas?/Fruit or veg as snacks,§ 0·63 2·9 0·8
2. ¿Cuántas porciones de fruta come cada día?/Svgs of fruit each day 0·76 3·4 0·8
3. Durante el día ¿come diferentes frutas?/More than one kind of fruit each day 0·76 2·8 0·9
4. ¿Cuánta fruta come cada día?/Cups of fruit each day†† 0·63 2·3 0·6
5. ¿Come diferentes verduras cada día?/More than one kind of veg each day 0·56 2·9 0·8
6. ¿Cuántas porciones de verduras come cada día?/Svgs of veg each day 0·67 3·4 0·8
7. ¿Come más de dos porciones de verduras en su comida principal?/More than 2 svgs of veg at main meal§ 0·51 2·6 0·9
8. ¿Qué cantidad de verduras come cada día?/Cups of veg each day†† 0·55 2·2 0·6
9. ¿Come dos verduras o más en su comida principal?/Two or more veg at main meal§,‡‡ 0·66 2·8 0·8
Does not load on any factor at >0·50:
10. La semana pasada, ¿comió frutas cítricas como naranja, mandarina o toronja o tomó jugo de esas frutas?/Citrus fruits or citrus juice during past week§§ 0·24 2·7 0·7
Milk/Dairy sub-scale
11. ¿Toma leche?/Drink milk§ N/A 3·1 0·9
12. ¿La semana pasada, tomó leche o puso leche en su cereal?/Drink milk or use milk on cereal in past week§§ N/A 2·8 0·5
Food Security item
13. ¿Se le acaba la comida antes del fin del mes?/Run out of food before end of month∥∥ N/A 2·5 1·1
Diet Quality sub-scale Factor 2
14.La semana pasada, ¿comió pescado?/Fish during past week§§ 0·58 1·8 1·0
15.¿Quita la piel del pollo?/Take skin off chicken 0·72 3·2 1·0
16. ¿Considera la información nutritiva de la etiqueta al momento de seleccionar los alimentos que comprará?/Use label when food shopping 0·61 2·4 1·0
17. ¿Cómo cree que son sus hábitos de alimentación?/Rate eating habits¶¶ 0·55 2·7 0·6
Fast Food sub-scale Factor 3
18. ¿Comió frituras o botanas fritas ayer?/Fried snacks yesterday††† 0·75 2·4 0·9
19. ¿Comió alimentos fritos ayer?/Fried food yesterday††† 0·69 2·2 1·0
20. ¿Comió comida rápida ayer?/Fast food yesterday††† 0·62 2·8 0·6
Sweetened Beverages sub-scale Factor 4
21. ¿Toma bebidas de frutas, bebidas deportivas o ponches?/Drink fruit drinks, sport drinks or punch‡‡‡ 0·51 2·5 1·0
22. ¿Toma refrescos que no son de dieta?/Drink regular soda‡‡‡ 0·82 3·0 0·9
Does not load on any factor at >0·50:
23. ¿Comió carne o cerdo ayer?/Red meat or pork yesterday††† 0·07 2·1 1·0

veg, vegetables; svgs, servings; N/A, not applicable.

All items were re-coded on a 4-point scale, with a higher score indicating more favourable behaviour. Dichotomous items with mean >2·6 and all other items with mean >3 were considered to have little potential to reflect behaviour change.

English translation not included in questionnaire; provided here for the reader's convenience.

§

Every day = 4, often = 3, sometimes = 2, no = 1.

Open-ended question: 0 servings = 1, 1 serving = 2, 2 servings = 3, >2 servings = 4.

Almost always = 4, often = 3, sometimes = 2, no = 1.

††

3 cups or more = 4, 2·5 cups = 3·5, 2 cups = 3, 1·5 cups = 2·5, 1 cup = 2, 0·5 cup = 1·5, none = 1.

‡‡

Administered to a subset of the sample only (n 76).

§§

Yes = 3, no = 1.

∥∥

Almost always = 1, often = 2, sometimes = 3, no = 4.

¶¶

Excellent = 4, poor = 1.

†††

Yes = 1, no = 3.

‡‡‡

Every day = 1, often = 2, sometimes = 3, no = 4.