Jamaican vs Subsaharan African Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 362,780,888 people shows a poor positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.129 and weighted average of 19.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 496,899,151 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.693 and weighted average of 20.1%, a difference of 2.2%.

In terms of child poverty among girls under 16, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Immigrants from Burma/Myanmar (19.7%, a difference of 0.11%), Chickasaw (19.6%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from Jamaica (19.8%, a difference of 0.43%), Spanish American (19.8%, a difference of 0.68%), and Vietnamese (19.5%, a difference of 0.76%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (20.1%, a difference of 0.14%), Comanche (20.2%, a difference of 0.32%), Belizean (20.2%, a difference of 0.43%), Barbadian (20.2%, a difference of 0.46%), and Bangladeshi (20.0%, a difference of 0.57%).