Exploring the Link between Crime and Socio-Economic Status in Ottawa and Saskatoon: A Small-Area Geographical Analysis
Table 8.3 - Principal Components Analysis: Ottawa and Saskatoon
(Loadings on the first two components)
Ottawa Study Neighbourhoods
(n = 50) PCA (Rotation: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization)
| Variable |
Comp. 1 |
Comp. 2 |
| VIOLENT |
0.037 |
0.933 |
| MAJOR_PROP |
0.296 |
0.759 |
| MINOR_PROP |
0.439 |
0.795 |
| DRUGS |
0.273 |
0.775 |
| DIST_OTHER |
-0.104 |
0.859 |
| POP_DENS |
0.865 |
0.002 |
| TOT_YOUTH |
0.336 |
0.219 |
| REC_IMM |
0.286 |
0.104 |
| VIS_MIN |
0.350 |
-0.075 |
| SINGLE |
0.891 |
0.340 |
| MARRIED |
-0.893 |
-0.325 |
| LONE_PARENT |
0.648 |
0 .013 |
| DWEL_OWNED |
-0.818 |
- 0.284 |
| DWEL_RENTED |
0.813 |
0.296 |
| MAJOR_REPAIRS |
0.844 |
0.360 |
| OLD_HOUSE |
0.462 |
0.131 |
| HOUSE |
-0.851 |
-0.013 |
| ROW_HOUSE |
-0.066 |
-0.189 |
| APT_HIGH_RISE |
0.634 |
0.066 |
| APT_LOW_RISE |
0.825 |
0.170 |
| MOVERS_1_yr |
0.794 |
0.051 |
| LFP |
-0.165 |
0.024 |
| UNEMP |
0.452 |
0.023 |
| YOUTH_UNEMP |
0.017 |
-0.214 |
| YOUTH_NO_SC |
0.213 |
0.590 |
| NO_HS_DIP |
0.205 |
0.145 |
| COLLEGE_DIP |
-0.531 |
-0.107 |
| UNIV_DEGREE |
0.221 |
-0.185 |
| LOW_INC_FAM |
0.636 |
0.015 |
| LOW_INC_IND |
0.686 |
-0.119 |
| DWELLING$ |
-0.161 |
-0.073 |
Saskatoon Study Neighbourhoods
(n = 55) PCA (Rotation: Quartimax with Kaiser Normalization)
| Variable |
Comp. 1 |
Comp. 2 |
| VIOLENT |
0.792 |
0.428 |
| MAJOR_PROP |
0.789 |
0.329 |
| MINOR_PROP |
0.517 |
0.726 |
| DRUGS |
0.492 |
0.756 |
| POP_DENS |
-0.107 |
-0.044 |
| SINGLE |
0.762 |
-0.098 |
| ABORIGINAL |
0.916 |
-0.038 |
| LONE_PARENT |
0.916 |
-0.170 |
| DWEL_RENTED |
0.706 |
0.437 |
| MAJOR_REPAIRS |
0.818 |
-0.093 |
| OLD_HOUSE |
0.468 |
0.029 |
| HOUSE |
-0.344 |
-0.550 |
| APT_HIGH_RISE |
-0.032 |
0.906 |
| MOVERS |
0.786 |
0.133 |
| LFP_RATE |
-0.379 |
-0.632 |
| UNEMP |
0.889 |
0.098 |
| YOUTH_UNEMP |
0.706 |
-0.222 |
| YOUTH_NO_SC |
0.621 |
0.082 |
| NO_HS_DIP |
0.663 |
0.355 |
| COLLEGE_DIP |
-0.467 |
-0.523 |
| UNIV_DEGREE |
-0.568 |
0.034 |
| GOVT_TRANSFER |
0.701 |
0.439 |
| LOW_INC_FAM |
0.969 |
-0.048 |
| LOW_INC_IND |
.765 |
0.138 |
| DWELLING$ |
-0.686 |
0.065 |
| AVG_SELL_PRICE |
-0.759 |
-0.098 |
| PARK_ACRES |
0.030 |
0.086 |
| PERS_PARK_ACRE |
0.059 |
-0.062 |
| VEH_PERS |
-0.771 |
0.088 |
