Jamaican vs West Indian Unemployment Among Women with Children Ages 6 to 17 years

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 272,557,643 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and unemployment rate among women with children between the ages 6 and 17 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.227 and weighted average of 9.8%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 202,380,945 people shows a moderate positive correlation between the proportion of West Indians and unemployment rate among women with children between the ages 6 and 17 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.496 and weighted average of 9.5%, a difference of 2.6%.

In terms of unemployment among women with children ages 6 to 17 years, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Slovak (9.8%, a difference of 0.23%), Seminole (9.7%, a difference of 0.53%), Scotch-Irish (9.7%, a difference of 0.72%), French (9.7%, a difference of 0.75%), and British West Indian (9.7%, a difference of 0.82%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Immigrants from Ghana (9.5%, a difference of 0.030%), Immigrants from Jamaica (9.5%, a difference of 0.16%), Irish (9.5%, a difference of 0.18%), Lebanese (9.5%, a difference of 0.27%), and Ghanaian (9.6%, a difference of 0.57%).