Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Allocation of Adolescent Leisure Time Activities

Table 2

Factor loadings of residualized leisure time activity hours on principal components.

Leisure time items	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5
Taking part in an organized sport or recreation program?	0.72	−0.05	0.23	−0.13	−0.10
Working out as part of a personal exercise program	0.54	0.26	0.08	0.10	−0.14
Playing pickup games like basketball, touch football, and so forth?	0.73	0.13	−0.04	0.16	0.07
Practicing different physical activities?	0.76	0.09	0.20	0.08	0.05
Going out with friends or dating?	0.16	0.80	0.04	−0.02	−0.06
Sitting around with friends?	0.08	0.76	0.12	−0.10	−0.02
Talking on the telephone?	0.12	0.64	−0.08	0.12	0.14
Doing your schoolwork?	0.15	0.01	0.48	−0.11	−0.22
Reading for fun?	−0.18	−0.01	0.58	0.30	−0.08
Doing things with a club?	0.17	−0.04	0.59	−0.08	−0.01
Spending time on a hobby?	0.15	0.19	0.58	0.13	0.17
Doing things with your family?	0.25	0.02	0.40	0.38	0.11
Taking care of younger family members?	0.02	−0.04	−0.07	0.77	−0.06
Doing household chores?	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.72	0.08
Total hours watching television weekday plus weekend	0.07	−0.01	−0.09	−0.02	0.74
Just sitting around doing nothing?	−0.11	0.08	0.02	0.01	0.73
Just sitting and listening to music?	−0.07	0.48	0.06	0.20	0.42

Note: PC: principal component.