{
 "regions_in_external": 17,
 "regions_matched": 17,
 "correlations": {
  "H_rarefied15 ~ log_population": {
   "n": 16,
   "rho": 0.0,
   "ci": [
    -0.627,
    0.603
   ],
   "ols_b": -0.0035,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0167
  },
  "H_rarefied15 ~ log_business_locations": {
   "n": 16,
   "rho": 0.003,
   "ci": [
    -0.638,
    0.622
   ],
   "ols_b": -0.0049,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0175
  },
  "H_rarefied15 ~ disposable_income": {
   "n": 16,
   "rho": -0.018,
   "ci": [
    -0.525,
    0.511
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.0,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0
  },
  "H_rarefied15 ~ log_density": {
   "n": 16,
   "rho": -0.197,
   "ci": [
    -0.791,
    0.446
   ],
   "ols_b": -0.0044,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0063
  },
  "H_norm_M ~ log_population": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.49,
   "ci": [
    -0.104,
    0.886
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.038,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0228
  },
  "H_norm_M ~ log_business_locations": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.515,
   "ci": [
    -0.088,
    0.891
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.0392,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0231
  },
  "H_norm_M ~ disposable_income": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.502,
   "ci": [
    -0.029,
    0.832
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.0,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0
  },
  "H_norm_M ~ log_density": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.228,
   "ci": [
    -0.416,
    0.751
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.01,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0114
  },
  "eff_cat_M ~ log_population": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.49,
   "ci": [
    -0.105,
    0.881
   ],
   "ols_b": 1.1676,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.7101
  },
  "eff_cat_M ~ log_business_locations": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.515,
   "ci": [
    -0.082,
    0.886
   ],
   "ols_b": 1.1927,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.7095
  },
  "eff_cat_M ~ disposable_income": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.502,
   "ci": [
    -0.021,
    0.832
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.0004,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.0003
  },
  "eff_cat_M ~ log_density": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": 0.228,
   "ci": [
    -0.418,
    0.723
   ],
   "ols_b": 0.2817,
   "ols_se_hc3": 0.3619
  },
  "log_stores_per_100k ~ log_population": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": -0.194,
   "ci": [
    -0.608,
    0.304
   ],
   "ols_b": null,
   "ols_se_hc3": null
  },
  "log_stores_per_100k ~ log_density": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": -0.218,
   "ci": [
    -0.715,
    0.364
   ],
   "ols_b": null,
   "ols_se_hc3": null
  },
  "log_stores_per_100k ~ disposable_income": {
   "n": 17,
   "rho": -0.02,
   "ci": [
    -0.489,
    0.455
   ],
   "ols_b": null,
   "ols_se_hc3": null
  }
 },
 "covariate_sources": {
  "log_population": "ISQ population estimate, 1 July 2025 (provisional)",
  "log_business_locations": "ISQ business locations with employees, Dec 2025",
  "disposable_income": "ISQ disposable income per capita, 2024p",
  "log_density": "Census 2021 population density (2021 ER boundaries)"
 },
 "note": "17 regions at most (Nord-du-Québec has no located store); rarefied diversity needs >= 15 stores. Associations only; CIs from 5 000 region-level bootstrap draws; OLS slope with HC3 SE.",
 "H7_V3": {
  "n": 17,
  "R2_eci_on_covariates": 0.25,
  "loo_pred_spearman": 0.0,
  "criterion_rho_ge_0.5": false,
  "partial_corr_eci_diversity_given_covariates": 0.235
 }
}