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Table 5 The ordered aggregated preference and asymmetry matrices

From: The role of higher education in spatial mobility

\({\mathbf {V}}\)

\(I_2\)

\(I_1\)

\(I_3\)

\(I_4\)

(a) Preference matrix

\(I_2\)

0.0

2.0

2.0

3,0

\(I_1\)

1.0

0.0

2.0

3,0

\(I_3\)

1.0

1.0

0.0

3,0

\(I_4\)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0,0

\(\sum\)

2.0

3.0

4.0

9.0

N\(^\text {o}\)

1

2

3

4

Opposite preferences (E)=1+1+1=3

\({\mathbf {A}}\)

\(I_2\)

\(I_1\)

\(I_3\)

\(I_4\)

(b) Asymmetry matrix

\(I_2\)

0,0

1/3

1/3

1,0

\(I_1\)

\(-\)1/3

0,0

1/3

1,0

\(I_3\)

\(-\)1/3

\(-\)1/3

0,0

1.0

\(I_4\)

\(-\)1.0

\(-\)1.0

\(-\)1.0

0.0

\(\sum\)

\(-\)5/3

\(-\)1.0

1/3

3.0

N\(^\text {o}\)

1

2

3

4

Sum of the lower triangular=\(-\)4