Subsaharan African vs Irish Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 484,697,114 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.819 and weighted average of 20.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 536,582,849 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Irish and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.660 and weighted average of 16.8%, a difference of 23.5%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from Grenada (20.7%, a difference of 0.37%), Immigrants from West Indies (20.7%, a difference of 0.39%), French American Indian (20.8%, a difference of 0.41%), West Indian (20.6%, a difference of 0.56%), and Senegalese (20.9%, a difference of 0.64%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Irish are Immigrants from Syria (16.8%, a difference of 0.030%), Czechoslovakian (16.8%, a difference of 0.060%), English (16.8%, a difference of 0.22%), Venezuelan (16.8%, a difference of 0.23%), and Costa Rican (16.9%, a difference of 0.28%).