Immigrants from Zaire vs Subsaharan African Single Mother Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 106,703,532 people shows a weak negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Zaire and poverty level among single mothers in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.268 and weighted average of 32.0%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 493,508,844 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among single mothers in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.388 and weighted average of 31.4%, a difference of 1.9%.

In terms of single mother poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Zaire are Mexican American Indian (31.9%, a difference of 0.22%), Marshallese (32.1%, a difference of 0.40%), Delaware (31.8%, a difference of 0.43%), Central American (31.8%, a difference of 0.60%), and Nonimmigrants (32.2%, a difference of 0.62%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are German Russian (31.3%, a difference of 0.070%), Immigrants from Ecuador (31.3%, a difference of 0.090%), Bahamian (31.3%, a difference of 0.11%), Immigrants from Belize (31.4%, a difference of 0.15%), and Immigrants from Senegal (31.5%, a difference of 0.33%).