Table 6 Principal component analysis on the four demographic factors in the study. The principal component among these variables explains 37.7% of total variance
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Pearson Correlation Coefficient | Principal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethnicity | First-Gen. | Low-Income | Component | |
Gender (1 = female) | 0.052 | 0.046 | 0.082 | 0.249 |
Ethnicity (1 = nonwhite) | 0.186 | 0.266 | 0.663 | |
First-Generation (1 = yes) | 0.274 | 0.669 | ||
Low-Income (1 = yes) | 0.748 | |||