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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J R Stat Soc Ser A Stat Soc. 2017 Jan 19;181(1):35–58. doi: 10.1111/rssa.12266

Table 1.

Variables included in the principal component analysis

Variable Principal component analysis component

1 2 3
% white population 2010 −30 2 89
% non-Hispanic white population 2010 −25 11 92
Median household income 2011 −78 43 −17
% persons in poverty 2011 89 −28 −26
% persons in poverty 2010 89 −29 −26
% persons in poverty 2009 91 −27 −22
% persons in poverty 2008 91 −30 −22
% persons in poverty 2007 90 −29 −24
% persons in poverty 2006 89 −30 −25
% persons in poverty 2005 89 −29 −26
% persons in poverty 2000 84 −35 −27
% persons age 0–17 years in poverty 2011 84 −37 −20
% persons below poverty level 2006–2010 87 −27 −25
% families below poverty level 2006–2010 81 −35 −29
% persons age ≥ 25 years with less than High School Diploma 2006–2010 42 −82 −30
% persons age ≥ 25 years with High School Diploma or more 2006–2010 −42 82 30
% persons age ≥ 25 years with ≥ 4 years college 2006–2010 −32 81 −23
Unemployment rate, ≥ 16 years, 2005 52 −29 −21

Significant positive (or negative) contribution to the component score.