West Indian vs Subsaharan African Births to Unmarried Women

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 244,812,530 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of West Indians and percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.298 and weighted average of 37.3%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 468,897,335 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.569 and weighted average of 36.7%, a difference of 1.7%.

In terms of births to unmarried women, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (37.3%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Belize (37.3%, a difference of 0.13%), Immigrants from Latin America (37.1%, a difference of 0.33%), Guatemalan (37.1%, a difference of 0.42%), and Belizean (37.0%, a difference of 0.63%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Cherokee (36.7%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Senegal (36.7%, a difference of 0.10%), Nicaraguan (36.6%, a difference of 0.12%), French American Indian (36.6%, a difference of 0.14%), and Central American (36.7%, a difference of 0.17%).