Liberian vs Subsaharan African Child Poverty Among Girls Under 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 117,670,688 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of Liberians and poverty level among girls under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.487 and weighted average of 19.9%. 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 1.2%.

In terms of child poverty among girls under 16, the demographic groups most similar to Liberians are Spanish American Indian (19.9%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from Bangladesh (19.9%, a difference of 0.14%), Cherokee (19.9%, a difference of 0.18%), Immigrants from Barbados (19.9%, a difference of 0.29%), and Spanish American (19.8%, a difference of 0.35%). 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%).