Indian adolescents’ perceptions of the home food environment

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Correlation coefficient (r) values for test-retest reliability of home food environment measures^a

Measure	r (Pearson’s correlation)
Family food rules
I’m allowed to buy whatever I want from fast food joints	0.85
I can eat whatever I like at home	0.87
During meal times, I’m allowed to put the TV on	0.79
I’m expected to eat all the foods served even if I don’t like them	0.89
At mealtimes I have to follow certain rules	0.91
Accessibility to food at home
Vegetables are served at dinner	0.84
There is plenty of food at home	0.58
Availability of food at home
Potato chips or other salty snack foods	0.64
Soft drink (e.g. Coke)	0.82
Chocolate or other lollies (sweets)	0.88
Cakes/pastries/donuts/biscuits	0.71
Fruits	0.92
Vegetables	0.72
Fruit juice	0.76
Domestic cooking responsibility
The domestic help makes all the food at home	0.56
My mother makes all the food at home	0.66
My father makes all the food at home	0.35

^aAll the correlations except for the last item i.e. “My father makes all the food at home” were statistically significant at p < 0.01

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