Table 3.

Rotated (promax) tetrachoric factor analysis (standardized regression coefficients) of Census BG variables in NCS-A counties (n = 314 schools)

	Factor 1 Socioeconomic disadvantage	Factor 2 Affluence/Gentrification	Factor 3 Older age composition	Factor 4 Ethnic/Racial composition
% ≥ 16 years education	−0.89	0.32	0.07	−0.10
% < 12 years education	0.83	−0.07	−0.05	0.32
% Professional/managerial occupation	−0.82	0.19	0.10	−0.12
% Families with income >$50 K	−0.82	−0.10	−0.27	0.01
% Families with income <$10 K	0.73	0.24	0.19	−0.19
% Families in poverty	0.73	0.34	0.00	−0.08
% Families with public assistance	0.63	0.18	−0.18	−0.04
% Unemployed in civilian labor force	0.45	0.28	−0.17	−0.13
% Never married	0.14	0.81	−0.05	−0.09
% 18–29 years old	−0.01	0.77	0.10	0.06
% In same residence in 1995	0.13	−0.74	−0.05	−0.19
% Homeowners	−0.25	−0.72	−0.23	−0.17
% 50–69 years old	−0.06	−0.61	0.32	−0.15
% 30–39 years old	−0.32	0.37	−0.30	0.22
% Families female householder	−0.05	0.28	0.79	−0.08
% 0–17 years old	0.30	−0.09	−0.77	0.01
% 70 + years old	0.15	−0.44	0.76	0.02
% 40–49 years old	−0.30	−0.19	−0.35	−0.21
% Hispanic	0.23	0.13	−0.12	0.78
% Foreign born	−0.05	0.29	0.00	0.77
% Non-hispanic black	0.47	0.23	−0.20	−0.50

Primary factor loadings are italicized

Correlations among factors: F1-F2: 0.27; F1-F3: −0.03; F1-F4: 0.10; F2-F3: 0.05; F2-F4: 0.04; F3-F4: −0.12