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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Public Health. 2018 Oct 25;165:58–66. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.09.011
Census Variable by Block Group Neighborhood Disadvantage Neighborhood Stability
Percentage of adults without high school diploma .84 −.03
No. of racial groups more than 10% of population .83 .24
Proportion of households receiving public assistance income .84 −.20
Percentage of youth aged 10–17 .95 .32
Percentage of families living in poverty .80 −.24
Percentage of men in labor force and unemployed .69 −.14
Percentage of women in labor force and unemployed .73 −.10
Percentage of single-parent, female-headed households .94 −.01
Percentage of owner-occupied homes .24 .83
Percentage of families in same house from 1985–1990 .20 .96
Eigenvalue 5.64 1.92
Percentage of variance 56% 19%