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Table 2 Assessment of unidimensionality using PCA and the resulting theoretical and statistical food literacy components

From: Development, validation and item reduction of a food literacy questionnaire (IFLQ-19) with Australian adults

Theoretical domains, components and statistical components of food literacy

KMOa

Bartlett’s test

Total Variance Explained

Chi-square

df

p-valueb

Total

% variance explained

Domain 1

 1.1

  1.1.1

0.85

0916.83

10

 < 0.001

3.03

61

  1.1.2

0.65

0221.15

6

 < 0.001

1.84

47

1.2

0.63

0423.23

6

 < 0.001

2.09

52

 1.3

  1.3.1

0.83

1095.28

10

 < 0.001

3.14

63

  1.3.2

0.79

0650.99

6

 < 0.001

2.56

64

  1.3.3

0.75

0527.09

10

 < 0.001

2.45

49

Domain 2

 2.1

0.85

1140.37

15

 < 0.001

3.43

57

 2.2

  2.2.1

0.77

0635.45

10

 < 0.001

2.64

53

  2.2.2

0.86

1040.18

21

 < 0.001

3.41

49

2.3

0.73

0612.55

3

 < 0.001

2.28

76

Domain 3

3.1

0.92

1830.14

28

 < 0.001

4.59

57

3.2

 3.2.1

0.81

1044.70

15

 < 0.001

3.21

54

 3.2.2

0.63

0264.51

3

 < 0.001

1.85

62

Domain 4

 4.1

  4.1.1

0.87

0974.10

15

 < 0.001

3.26

54

  4.1.2

0.53

0442.94

3

 < 0.001

1.84

61

 4.2

  4.2.1

0.95

3327.67

55

 < 0.001

6.47

59

  4.2.2

0.85

1011.36

10

 < 0.001

3.15

63

  4.2.3

0.67

0534.12

3

 < 0.001

2.16

72

4.3

0.84

1046.45

21

 < 0.001

3.38

48

  1. aKMO > 0.5 = sampling adequacy
  2. bp-value < 0.05 = suitability of data for PCA