Exploring the Link between Crime and Socio-Economic Status in Ottawa and Saskatoon: A Small-Area Geographical Analysis

Table 6.3 - Component Loadings (varimax rotation), City of Ottawa -
Crime and Census Variables, 2001(n = 1187)
Variable Comp. 1 Comp. 2 Comp 3 Comp. 4 Comp. 5 Comp. 6 Comp. 7 Comp. 8
VIOLENT 0.181 0.922 0.119 0.043 0.028 0.034 0.038 -0.004
MAJOR_PROP 0.113 0.790 0.078 -0.013 -0.024 0.116 0.014 -0.024
MINOR_PROP 0.097 0.954 -0.053 0.047 -0.014 -0.011 0.001 0.007
DRUGS 0.029 0.809 -0.047 -0.002 0.031 -0.059 -0.024 0.034
DIST_OTHER 0.166 0.847 0.093 0.007 0.004 0.041 0.005 0.007
TOT_YOUTH 0.076 0.034 0.071 0.238 0.815 0.074 0.030 0.025
TOT_IMM 0.142 0.027 0.059 0.857 -0.046 0.129 0.100 -0.106
REC_IMM 0.377 0.003 0.024 0.763 0.099 -0.121 0.045 0.102
VIS_MIN 0.133 0.021 0.211 0.802 0.157 0.042 0.140 -0.251
AVG_INC -0.357 -0.039 -0.793 -0.191 -0.149 0.107 -0.036 0.032
AVG_FAM_INC -0.448 -0.050 -0.743 -0.224 -0.045 0.157 -0.010 0.097
LOW_INC 0.546 0.107 0.478 0.466 0.075 0.189 0.144 -0.097
LFP_RATE 0.038 -0.005 -0.372 -0.257 0.644 -0.354 -0.044 -0.152
UNEMP 0.225 0.021 0.256 0.371 0.037 0.069 0.684 0.030
YOUTH_UNEMP 0.009 0.001 -0.047 0.035 -0.009 -0.027 0.920 -0.067
MOVERS_1_yr 0.693 0.104 -0.090 0.201 0.186 -0.137 0.029 0.004
SINGLE 0.867 0.177 0.238 0.113 0.046 0.222 0.047 -0.121
MARRIED -0.867 -0.177 -0.238 -0.113 -0.046 -0.222 -0.047 0.121
LONE_PARENT 0.360 0.018 0.471 0.241 0.094 0.158 0.134 -0.468
DWEL_OWNED -0.830 -0.104 -0.241 -0.331 -0.047 -0.107 -0.063 0.021
DWEL_RENTED 0.829 0.104 0.243 0.332 0.046 0.110 0.064 -0.026
OLD_HOUSE 0.291 0.086 -0.011 -0.347 0.025 0.652 0.018 0.165
HOUSE -0.778 -0.084 -0.118 -0.321 0.135 0.096 -0.049 0.417
ROW_HOUSE 0.042 -0.034 0.085 0.091 0.053 -0.241 0.022 -0.916
APT_HIGH_RISE 0.575 0.017 0.005 0.513 -0.392 -0.164 0.022 0.278
APT_LOW_RISE 0.611 0.184 0.063 -0.228 0.228 0.346 0.040 0.030
AVG_PERS_HSLD -0.789 -0.132 0.004 0.048 0.426 -0.164 0.049 -0.176
YOUTH_NO_SC 0.420 0.058 0.188 -0.115 -0.070 -0.341 0.121 0.100
NO_HS_DIP 0.116 0.085 0.821 0.059 -0.252 0.216 0.046 0.012
COLLEGE_DIP -0.163 -0.042 0.144 -0.261 0.118 -0.684 -0.031 -0.128
UNIV_DEGREE 0.054 -0.022 -0.871 0.116 0.028 0.296 -0.011 0.092