Table 3.

Food literacy behaviours tool, factors, and factor loadings (n = 882) *.

How Often Have You Done the Following Actions in the Last Month? (Available Answers: Never, Sometimes, Most of the Time, Always)	Factors and Factor Loadings
	Plan & Manage (0.790)	Selection (0.756)	Preparation (0.812)
1. Plan meals ahead of time	0.525	0.052	0.238
2. Make a list before you go shopping	0.423	0.083	0.152
3. Plan meals to include all food groups	0.484	0.320	0.277
4. Think about healthy choices when deciding what to eat	0.463	0.349	0.300
5. Feel confident about managing money to buy healthy food	0.512	0.187	0.187
6. Use Nutrition Information Panel to make food choices	0.129	0.734	0.129
7. Use other parts of food label to make food choices	0.133	0.779	0.125
8. Cook meals at home using healthy ingredients	0.515	0.210	0.519
9. Feel confident about cooking a variety of healthy meals	0.435	0.124	0.651
10. Try a new recipe	0.132	0.115	0.659
11. Change recipes to make them healthier	0.183	0.283	0.642
12. Compare prices of foods to find the best prices on heathy foods	0.197	0.366	0.181
13. Run out of money for food	0.308	0.062	0.013
14. Thaw meat at room temperature 1	-	-	-

¹ Not included in exploratory factor analysis. * The questionnaire items are listed in the leftmost column. The three columns alongside show the scores of the items for each of the three factors. Those scores in bold text are above the threshold of 0.4 and thus were accepted to be included in the factors and Cronbach’s alpha analyses, indicated in parentheses following each factor title.