Table 3 Correlation between components and socio-demographic variables.

From: What is gun culture? Cultural variations and trends across the United States

 

Component 1

Component 2

Component 3

Conservatism score

0.57

0.57

−0.60

Unemployment

−0.25

0.30

0.01

Percent non-White

−0.62

−0.17

0.15

Percent Black

−0.40

0.02

−0.18

Percent Hispanic

−0.44

−0.19

0.42

Percent urban

−0.71

−0.31

0.40

Density

−0.62

−0.40

0.54

Land area

0.33

0.26

−0.07

Per cap police officers

−0.34

−0.29

0.35

Number of state firearm laws

−0.63

−0.59

0.64

Change in state firearm laws

−0.49

−0.53

0.63

  1. Absolute values above 0.3 were bolded for emphasis.