Examining Factor Structure of the Chinese Version of the PIRLS 2011 Home Questionnaire

Table 6

Factor structure of the present study and PIRLS context questionnaire scales.

EFA & CFA factor constructs	Home questionnaire number	PIRLS context questionnaire scales	Home questionnaire number
Factor 1: parents’ engagement in children’s study	H9A–H9H
Factor 2: performance on early literacy tasks	H6A–H6E	Could do Early literacy Tasks When Began Primary School Scale	H6A–H6E
Factor 3: parents like reading	H12, H13B, H13C, H13E, H13F, H13G	Parents Like Reading Scale	H12, H13A–H13G
Factor 4: parents’ opinions of school on children’s progress	H10D, H10F, H10G, H10H
Factor 5: performance on early numeracy tasks	H7C, H7D
Factor 6: parents’ opinions of school involving parents	H10B, H10E
Factor 7: parents’ extrinsic motivation of reading	H13A, H13D	Parents Like Reading Scale	H12, H13A–H13G
Corresponding items were excluded in EFA		Early Literacy Activities Before Beginning Primary School Scale	H2A–H2I