Liberian vs Subsaharan African Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 117,874,935 people shows a mild positive correlation between the proportion of Liberians and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.341 and weighted average of 19.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 502,334,948 people shows a significant positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.650 and weighted average of 19.9%, a difference of 2.1%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Liberians are Chickasaw (19.5%, a difference of 0.10%), Immigrants from Ecuador (19.4%, a difference of 0.22%), Vietnamese (19.4%, a difference of 0.28%), Cherokee (19.5%, a difference of 0.29%), and Immigrants from Guyana (19.4%, a difference of 0.60%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Bangladeshi (19.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Comanche (19.9%, a difference of 0.010%), Iroquois (19.9%, a difference of 0.10%), Belizean (19.9%, a difference of 0.24%), and Immigrants from Cabo Verde (19.9%, a difference of 0.25%).