Table 7.
Principal component analysis results
| Micro-level insecurity | Macro-level insecurity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eigenvalue | Eigenvalue | ||
| Component 1 | 1.518 | Component 1 | 1.768 |
| Component 2 | 0.895 | Component 2 | 0.814 |
| Component 3 | 0.588 | Component 3 | 0.418 |
| Correlation with | Correlation with | ||
| Variable | Component 1 | Variable | Component 1 |
| Financial state will worsen | 0.602 | Economy will worsen | 0.442 |
| Financial state worsened | 0.662 | Economy has worsened | 0.637 |
| Is currently job insecure | 0.447 | Current economy is poor | 0.632 |
Dataset: 2016 American National Election Studies. Each variable is reported on a 5-point scale, increasing in agreement with the statement. However, prior to running this analysis, each variable was standardized to have a mean of 0 and standard deviation of 1