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. 2016 Sep 15;8(2):e192. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v8i2.6733

Table 5. Principal component analysis of 11 socioeconomic status indicator variables from 2011 Census Profile, 2011 National Household Survey Profile and 2011 taxfiler datasets for the census metropolitan area of Guelph.

Principal Component Eigenvalues
Component Eigenvalue Difference Proportion Cumulative PCw (%)
PC1 5.833060 3.632300 0.5303 0.5303 72.60
PC2 2.200750 1.212010 0.2001 0.7303 27.40
C3 0.988738 0.194348 0.0899 0.8202 ──
C4 0.794390 0.338159 0.0722 0.8924 ──
C5 0.456231 0.185031 0.0415 0.9339 ──
C6 0.271200 0.088362 0.0247 0.9586 ──
C7 0.182837 0.046625 0.0166 0.9752 ──
C8 0.136213 0.024284 0.0124 0.9876 ──
C9 0.111929 0.089500 0.0102 0.9978 ──
C10 0.022428 0.020202 0.0020 0.9998 ──
C11 0.002227 ── 0.0002 1 ──
Indicator Variable Loadings (Eigenvector Correlations)
Variable PC1 PC2 Factor Score
Median Family Income ($) * -0.3885 0.0826 -0.2595
Median Single Person Income ($) **-0.2841 -0.3261 -0.2956
Low Income Families, After-tax (%) 0.3315 0.2752 0.3161
Low Income Unattached, After-tax (%) 0.1370 0.6027 0.2646
Lone Parent Families (%) 0.3986 -0.0284 0.2817
Single Mothers (%) 0.3961 -0.0295 0.2795
Unemployment Rate, 15 years and over (%) 0.0411 0.4944 0.1653
Low Education, 15 years and over (%) 0.2763 -0.2496 0.1322
Average Home Value ($) -0.3578 0.2293 -0.1970
Average Monthly Rent ($) -0.0643 0.2190 0.0133
Managerial Occupation (%) -0.3375 0.1973 -0.1910