Subsaharan African vs Malaysian 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 221,749,589 people shows a poor negative correlation between the proportion of Malaysians and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.123 and weighted average of 18.4%, a difference of 12.7%.

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 Malaysians are Immigrants from Panama (18.5%, a difference of 0.20%), Hmong (18.5%, a difference of 0.66%), Immigrants from Thailand (18.3%, a difference of 0.76%), Nepalese (18.3%, a difference of 0.78%), and Immigrants from Africa (18.6%, a difference of 0.87%).