Table 2.
Principal Components Analysis of socioeconomic controls
Variable | PC1 | PC2 | PC3 |
---|---|---|---|
% immigrant population | .909 | .032 | .122 |
% poverty | .763 | .380 | .136 |
% 5-year residential movement | .787 | .246 | .214 |
Child to adult ratio | −.705 | .−.131 | .420 |
% Latino/Hispanic | .596 | .384 | .301 |
% vacant housing units | .576 | .202 | −.030 |
% African American | .087 | .765 | −.049 |
% single female headed households | .492 | .701 | .192 |
% unemployment | .425 | .678 | .146 |
% Asian | .599 | −.566 | .056 |
% over 65 years of age | .059 | −.234 | −.846 |
Male to female ratio | .183 | −.066 | .742 |
Note: N=163. These 3 factors explained 68% of the variance in the set of variables.