Scotch-Irish vs Immigrants from Europe Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 536,697,572 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Scotch-Irish and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.773 and weighted average of 4.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 535,803,847 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Europe and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.546 and weighted average of 4.6%, a difference of 2.7%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Scotch-Irish are Immigrants from Latvia (4.5%, a difference of 0.080%), Immigrants from Iran (4.5%, a difference of 0.23%), Immigrants from South Africa (4.5%, a difference of 0.25%), Icelander (4.5%, a difference of 0.29%), and Cambodian (4.5%, a difference of 0.36%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Europe are Immigrants from Western Europe (4.6%, a difference of 0.11%), Native Hawaiian (4.6%, a difference of 0.12%), Yugoslavian (4.6%, a difference of 0.13%), Asian (4.7%, a difference of 0.53%), and Immigrants from Belgium (4.6%, a difference of 0.54%).