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. 2007 May 14;6:17. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-17

Table 5.

The percentage of representation of individual SES indicators for each OWA weighting scenario.

----- Greater Decision Uncertainty ----- ----- Lower Decision Uncertainty -----


SES Variable (original MHO rank) Full Intersection* AND (b) AND (c) Trade-off OR (c) OR (b) Full Union
Average Income (6th) -- -- 99% 100% 99% 99% 72%
Home Ownership (5th) 7% 62% 99% 100% 99% 58% 6%
Lone Parent Families (4th) 11% 81% 91% 100% 91% 32% --
Without High School Education (1st) 10% 75% 99% 100% 99% 49% --
With University Degree (3rd) -- 2% 99% 100% 99% 99% 23%
Unemployment Rate (2nd) 1% 70% 99% 100% 99% 59% --
Employment Ratio (7th) 51% 88% 88% 100% 88% 3% --

*column sums to less than 100% do to normalization of SES variables