Table 1.
Factor Analysis of Bad Neighborhood from Parents' Perspectives (Rotated Component Matrix of Neighborhood Factors)
| Component* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Police not caring about our problems | 0.760 | 0.318 | 0.261 | ||
| Police not available | 0.758 | 0.315 | 0.287 | 0.206 | |
| City officials ignoring problems | 0.731 | 0.244 | 0.215 | 0.207 | |
| Unsafe being out alone at night | 0.692 | 0.208 | 0.288 | ||
| Groups of teenagers hanging out in public places making a nuisance of themselves | 0.624 | 0.244 | 0.302 | 0.400 | |
| Pickpockets and being accosted on the street for money | 0.599 | 0.379 | 0.214 | 0.288 | |
| Drive by shootings | 0.595 | 0.557 | 0.219 | ||
| Poor schools | 0.584 | 0.293 | 0.225 | 0.486 | |
| Transportation not available | 0.555 | 0.546 | 0.239 | ||
| Unsupervised children | 0.488 | 0.451 | 0.262 | 0.477 | |
| People fighting | 0.481 | 0.225 | 0.340 | 0.376 | 0.213 |
| Run down and poorly kept buildings and yards | 0.246 | 0.776 | |||
| Abandoned houses or buildings | 0.718 | 0.251 | |||
| Organized crime, or the 'mafia' | 0.340 | 0.676 | 0.265 | 0.293 | |
| Prostitution, 'sex workers' | 0.234 | 0.662 | 0.212 | 0.441 | |
| Sexual assaults or rapes | 0.487 | 0.655 | 0.351 | ||
| Selling of stolen goods | 0.467 | 0.503 | 0.289 | 0.423 | |
| People living on the street | 0.449 | 0.467 | 0.308 | 0.281 | |
| Gangs | 0.448 | 0.464 | 0.231 | 0.459 | 0.238 |
| People who are using drugs or who are drunk | 0.245 | 0.769 | 0.359 | ||
| Young people who are using drugs or who are drunk | 0.275 | 0.234 | 0.762 | 0.308 | |
| Drug use or drug dealing in open | 0.485 | 0.294 | 0.604 | 0.297 | |
| Houses known for selling drug use/drug sales | 0.437 | 0.407 | 0.553 | 0.255 | |
| Illegal gambling | 0.341 | 0.460 | 0.518 | 0.317 | |
| Burglaries and thefts | 0.454 | 0.386 | 0.475 | 0.209 | |
| Group of young people who are hanging around and/or visiting bars and/or discos. | 0.841 | ||||
| Pregnant teenagers | 0.218 | 0.825 | 0.218 | ||
| High unemployment, many people out of work. | 0.210 | 0.291 | 0.676 | ||
| Vandalism, buildings and personal belongings broken and torn up | 0.399 | 0.272 | 0.668 | ||
| Little respect for rules, laws, and authority | 0.384 | 0.396 | 0.610 | ||
| Unsafe being on the streets during the day | 0.328 | 0.257 | 0.320 | 0.582 | |
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. Rotation Method: VarimaxwithKaiser Normalization.
*
Components (in shaded areas)
Factor 1: Unsafe neighborhood
Factor 2: Abandon, rundown and gangster areas
Factor 3: Drug and gambling area
Factor 4: Sexual behaviour related problem
Factor 5: Theft area