The Impact of Ethnic-Immigrant Status and Obesity-Related Risk Factors on Behavioral Problems among US Children and Adolescents
Table 1
Factor loadings and factor score coefficients (derived from the principal components analysis) for 11 variables comprising the behavioral problems index, US children aged 6–17 years: the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health.
Variable
All races Total population
Non-Hisp. White
Non-Hisp. Black
Hispanic
Asian
Mixed or multiple race
Immigrants
Native born
Factor loadings
Factor score coefficients
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Factor loadings
Child argues too much
0.61
0.16
0.60
0.61
0.60
0.52
0.63
0.58
0.61
Child bullies or is cruel or mean to others
0.61
0.16
0.60
0.66
0.62
0.52
0.62
0.58
0.62
Child does not show respect for teachers and neighbors
0.52
0.14
0.52
0.57
0.45
0.45
0.56
0.42
0.53
Child does not get along with other children
0.60
0.16
0.60
0.63
0.54
0.50
0.60
0.52
0.60
Child is disobedient
0.61
0.16
0.61
0.61
0.62
0.63
0.62
0.60
0.61
Child is stubborn, sullen, or irritable
0.63
0.17
0.63
0.64
0.65
0.64
0.64
0.64
0.63
Child does not try to understand other people's feelings
0.59
0.16
0.61
0.57
0.50
0.59
0.61
0.53
0.60
Child does not try to resolve conflicts with classmates/family/friends
0.52
0.14
0.56
0.48
0.41
0.45
0.54
0.46
0.53
Child feels worthless or inferior
0.57
0.15
0.59
0.54
0.54
0.54
0.61
0.54
0.58
Child is unhappy, sad, or depressed
0.61
0.16
0.61
0.61
0.63
0.57
0.64
0.60
0.61
Child is withdrawn and does not get involved with others
0.51
0.14
0.53
0.50
0.49
0.43
0.55
0.49
0.52
Proportion of total variance explained by factor
0.34
0.35
0.34
0.31
0.29
0.37
0.30
0.34
Cronbach's alpha (reliability coefficient)
0.80
0.81
0.81
0.77
0.75
0.83
0.76
0.81
Sample size (N)
62,804
43,328
6,281
7,025
1,398
2,729
7,695
55,109
Each variable is a 5-category item with response codes 1 (never), 2 (rarely), 3 (sometimes), 4 (usually), and 5 (always).
