Table 2.

Description of final scales in the FRESH Foods Survey following psychometric assessment and refinement (n 246)

Scales	Item count	Mean	sd	Score range	Highest eigenvalue	Discrimination (α) range	Difficulty (β) range	Cronbach’s α
Fruit and vegetable barriers	8	2·3	0·9	1–5	4·71	1·26–3·02	−1·44–5·94	0·88
Attitudes on food pantry fruits and vegetables	5	3·9	0·7	1–5	3·67	1·59–5·81	−14·64–5·81	0·88
Attitudes on grocery store fruits and vegetables	5	3·8	0·8	1–5	3·47	1·59–4·16	−8·57–4·16	0·83
Healthy home food availability	3	2·8	0·9	0–4	2·07	1·46–4·26	−10·23–1·23	0·71
Unhealthy home food availability	3	1·8	1·0	0–4	2·20	1·80–3·28	−3·29–4·39	0·78
Healthy food pantry availability	3	2·9	0·9	0–4	2·29	2·31–2·83	−6·72–1·08	0·77
Unhealthy food pantry availability	3	1·9	1·2	0–4	2·61	3·05–6·36	−5·6–4·06	0·90