Liberian vs American Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 116,697,175 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Liberians and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.287 and weighted average of 20.2%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 538,793,741 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Americans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.682 and weighted average of 20.5%, a difference of 1.4%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Liberians are Barbadian (20.2%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Liberia (20.2%, a difference of 0.19%), Spanish American Indian (20.2%, a difference of 0.31%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (20.1%, a difference of 0.41%), and Aleut (20.3%, a difference of 0.43%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Americans are Immigrants from Jamaica (20.5%, a difference of 0.12%), Jamaican (20.4%, a difference of 0.45%), Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (20.4%, a difference of 0.52%), Ottawa (20.3%, a difference of 0.61%), and Belizean (20.3%, a difference of 0.61%).