Scotch-Irish vs British West Indian Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 536,697,572 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.773 and weighted average of 4.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 152,203,560 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of British West Indians and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.264 and weighted average of 7.1%, a difference of 57.9%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Latvia (4.5%, a difference of 0.080%), Immigrants from Iran (4.5%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from South Africa (4.5%, a difference of 0.25%), Icelander (4.5%, a difference of 0.29%), and Cambodian (4.5%, a difference of 0.36%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to British West Indians are Inupiat (7.1%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (7.1%, a difference of 0.30%), Honduran (7.2%, a difference of 0.39%), Immigrants from Dominica (7.1%, a difference of 0.41%), and Immigrants from Armenia (7.1%, a difference of 0.41%).