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Table 4 Principal components analysis of perceived behavioural control (PBC)

From: A cross-sectional study of factors associated with regular dog walking and intention to walk the dog

PBC

Comp.1

Comp.2

Comp.3

Comp.4

Comp.5

Component name

Low PBC

Affected by dog factors and hygiene and unaffected by enjoyment

Easily affected by weather and health

Unaffected by working commitments and health

Affected by work and daylight

Component description

Agree that most aspects are likely to affect them to some agree

Likely to be affected by their own dog difficulties and by hygiene factors, but not their enjoyment of the outdoors, and interactions with other walkers or dogs

Strongly affected by weather and personal illness but not the environment or their own dog difficulties, or size of their garden

Strongly affected by shorter days and weather and hygiene factors, but not by day of week or working hours or family or health commitments

Affected by shorter days, day of week and working hours, but not environment or hygiene

PBC:

     

The shorter days in winter

0.21

0.17

0.24

0.40

0.39

The weather eg (too hot, too cold, raining)

0.19

0.07

0.43

0.32

0.28

My family commitments

0.22

0.20

0.11

-0.15

0.01

If I was ill

0.20

0.03

0.40

-0.15

-0.05

If a family member was ill

0.21

0.02

0.24

-0.32

-0.19

The poor health or age of my dog

0.21

-0.04

0.29

-0.30

-0.30

Not having places to walk (e.g. parks)

0.22

0.17

-0.12

-0.22

-0.16

Dog owners not picking up after their dogs

0.23

0.29

-0.07

0.21

-0.34

The unavailability of dog poo bags

0.22

0.26

-0.18

0.15

-0.29

The lack of bins available for dog poo

0.24

0.29

-0.10

0.30

-0.21

Concern that my backyard/garden is too small

0.19

-0.05

-0.41

-0.18

0.16

The difficulty of walking two dogs

0.14

0.15

-0.29

0.06

0.07

My dog(s) would be unfriendly or difficult to control

0.21

0.19

-0.16

-0.04

0.11

My enjoyment of the outdoors

0.23

-0.24

0.04

0.00

0.03

The fact that I feel safe when walking my dogs

0.23

-0.28

-0.07

0.06

0.03

Seeing other people out walking

0.22

-0.36

-0.20

0.20

-0.03

Seeing other people out walking their dogs

0.22

-0.37

-0.13

0.21

-0.05

Knowing my dog enjoys going for a walk

0.24

-0.28

0.11

0.04

-0.04

Seeing my dog interacting with other dogs

0.26

-0.31

0.04

-0.03

-0.12

Day of the week (i.e. being a non-work day rather than work day)

0.22

0.05

-0.11

-0.34

0.38

My long working hours

0.26

0.15

-0.08

-0.22

0.40

  1. Question - Assuming you tried to walk with your dog daily how likely are you to be affected by