Perception of neighborhood environment and health risk behaviors in Prague’s teenagers: a pilot study in a post-communist city

Table 2 Loadings on the two components of the home environment (outdoor and indoor)

Variables of the home environment	Component
Variables of the home environment	C1	C2
Drugs, alcohol used in the vicinity	.869	.136
Violence, vandalism in the neighborhood	.847	.193
Neighborhood dilapidation	.826	.258
Neglected natural environment and lack of greenery	.812	.217
Racial or religious problems	.754
Temperature comfort	.146	.847
Indoor air quality	.156	.840
Condition of toilets		.807
Need for repairs	.180	.649
Quality of sport facilities	.199	.601

Note: the two first principal component loadings from the total number of 10 are in the table above. Bold loadings - The variables describing the outdoor environment have the highest loadings for Component 1, the variables describing the indoor environment have the highest loadings for Component 2. The first component is most highly correlated with the variables Drugs, alcohol used in vicinity and Violence, vandalism in the neighborhood. The second component is most highly correlated with the variable Temperature comfort. Missing values are lower than the absolute value of 0.100.

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