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Table 2 Nonparametric correlations, independent variables

From: Theorizing globally, but analyzing locally: the importance of geographically weighted regression in crime analysis

 

X2

X3

X4

X5

X6

X7

X8

X9

X10

X11

X12

X13

X14

X15

X16

X17

Unemployment rate, X1

0.1

0.33**

0.27**

0.1

0.21*

0.05

0.31**

0.12

0.23*

 − 0.19

 − 0.41**

0.20*

 − 0.16

 − 0.04

 − 0.17

 − 0.16

Population change, X2

 

0.44**

0.36**

 − 0.01

0.32**

0.26**

0.03

 − 0.10

 − 0.46**

 − 0.03

 − 0.22*

0.34**

 − 0.47**

 − 0.30**

 − 0.42**

 − 0.30**

Rentals, X3

  

0.73**

0.22*

0.68*

0.57**

0.34**

 − 0.15

 − 0.78**

 − 0.12

 − 0.67**

 − 0.59**

 − 0.64**

 − 0.12

 − 0.70**

 − 0.56**

Major repairs, X4

   

0.39**

0.46**

0.50**

0.16

 − 0.16

 − 0.64**

 − 0.13

 − 0.50**

0.57**

 − 0.70**

 − 0.30**

 − 0.73

 − 0.65**

Old houses, X5

    

0.22*

0.34**

 − 0.19

 − 0.37**

0.07

0.22*

0.06

0.20*

 − 0.58**

 − 0.37**

 − 0.57**

 − 0.56**

Movers, 1 years, X6

     

0.71**

0.26**

 − 0.48**

 − 0.43**

0.28**

 − 0.36**

0.14

 − 0.49**

0.18

 − 0.54**

 − 0.45**

Post-secondary, X7

      

0.01

 − 0.82**

 − 0.28**

0.63**

0.01

0.04

 − 0.64**

0.05

 − 0.74**

 − 0.69**

Low income, X8

       

0.21*

 − .242*

 − 0.21*

 − 0.69**

0.10

0.16

0.35**

0.04

 − 0.04

Government assistance, X9

        

 − 0.14

 − 0.84**

 − 0.45**

0.26*

0.49**

 − 0.04

0.54**

0.53**

Average dwelling value, 000 s, X10

         

0.42**

0.67**

 − 0.74**

0.49**

0.16

0.49**

0.31**

Average rent, 00 s, X11

          

0.56**

 − 0.55**

 − 0.16

0.20*

 − 0.27**

 − 0.33**

Median family income, X12

           

 − 0.51**

0.11

 − 0.11

0.15

0.15

Aboriginal, X13

            

 − 0.54**

 − 0.45**

 − 0.45**

 − 0.26**

Immigrants, X14

             

0.53**

0.95**

0.82**

Recent immigrants, X15

              

0.41**

0.28**

Visible minorities, X16

               

0.89**

Ethnic heterogeneity, X17

                
  1. * 5% and ** 1% statistical significance