Assessing the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ–A): Specific and General Insights from an Ethiopian Context

Table 2

Extraction communalities and factor loadings of retained PAQ–A items at each occasion of measurement^a.

Item	Time 1		Time 2
	Communalities	Loadings	Communalities	Loadings
(1) Spare time activities	0.27	0.52	0.15	0.39
(2) In PE classes	0.26	0.51	0.38	0.62
(4) After school	0.40	0.64	0.33	0.58
(5) Evening	0.51	0.72	0.43	0.66
(6) Weekend	0.21	0.46	0.27	0.52
(7) Exertion, free time	0.15	0.38	0.22	0.46
(8) Frequency, each day	0.31	0.56	0.42	0.65

^aResults in this table are based on seven items (excluding Item 3 relating to lunch-time PA).