Table 2.
Principal components analysis for census-based measures
| Variable | Neighborhood Disadvantage |
Residential Stability |
M | SD | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent of youth (ages 10–17) | .95 | .32 | 8.98 | 3.61 | .42 | 21.39 |
| Percent single-parent, female-headed households | .94 | −.01 | 15.22 | 10.58 | 1.62 | 60.12 |
| Percent of individuals receiving public assistance income | .84 | −.20 | 10.72 | 12.04 | .00 | 64.41 |
| Percent of adults without high school diploma | .84 | −.03 | 20.49 | 12.19 | .00 | 61.98 |
| Number of racial groups with 10% or more representation | .83 | .24 | 2.03 | .90 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| Percent of families in poverty | .80 | −.24 | 11.97 | 15.85 | .00 | 86.81 |
| Percent of females unemployed | .73 | −.10 | 6.28 | 7.61 | .00 | 52.86 |
| Percent of males unemployed | .69 | −.14 | 7.37 | 7.44 | .00 | 56.14 |
| Percent of individuals living in same residence for 5+ years | .20 | .96 | 49.16 | 13.44 | .00 | 80.40 |
| Percent of owner-occupied homes | −.24 | .83 | 57.64 | 24.80 | .00 | 100.00 |
| Eigenvalue | 5.64 | 1.92 | ||||
| Percent of variance | .56 | .19 |
Notes. N = 792, M = mean, SD = standard deviation; results shown are for grade 5 and closely align with results for grades 6, 7, and 9.