Subsaharan African vs Ugandan Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 484,697,114 people shows a very strong positive correlation between the proportion of Sub-Saharan Africans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.819 and weighted average of 20.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 92,908,510 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Ugandans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.045 and weighted average of 18.0%, a difference of 15.0%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Sub-Saharan Africans are Immigrants from Grenada (20.7%, a difference of 0.37%), Immigrants from West Indies (20.7%, a difference of 0.39%), French American Indian (20.8%, a difference of 0.41%), West Indian (20.6%, a difference of 0.56%), and Senegalese (20.9%, a difference of 0.64%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Ugandans are Iraqi (18.0%, a difference of 0.010%), Japanese (18.1%, a difference of 0.020%), Immigrants from Cambodia (18.1%, a difference of 0.040%), Immigrants from Eastern Africa (18.1%, a difference of 0.090%), and Spaniard (18.1%, a difference of 0.22%).