Fish consumption and its motives in households with versus without self-reported medical history of CVD: A consumer survey from five European countries

Table 2 Validity of the health constructs (n = 4,786)

Health constructs and indicators	Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Interest in healthy eating
It is important to me that the food I eat on a typical day is good for my psychical and mental health	0.943
It is important to me that the food I eat on a typical day keeps me healthy	0.863
It is important to me that the food I eat on a typical day is nutritious	0.839
It is important to me that the food I eat on a typical day is a natural product	0.633
It is important to me that the food I eat on a typical day has been produced without preservatives or additives	0.616
Satisfaction with life
I am satisfied with my life		0.868
The general conditions of my life are excellent		0.848
In most ways my life is close to my ideal		0.752
If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing		0.669
Health involvement
Health is very important to me			0.930
I care a lot about health			0.922
Health means a lot to me			0.918
Subjective health
Compared with people at my age, my health is excellent				0.971
Compared with people at my age, my current physical health is excellent				0.885
I am as healthy as anyone I know at my age				0.650
Compared with people at my age, my current mental health is excellent		0.219		0.412
I consider myself as very health conscious	0.228			0.201
Explained variance (%)	28.79	19.48	9.61	6.24
Cronbach's alpha	0.88	0.85	0.94	0.82
Mean (standard deviation)	5.81 (1.06)	4.85 (1.26)	6.18 (1.15)	4.94 (1.24)

ISSN: 1471-2458