Somali vs Subsaharan African Child Poverty Under the Age of 16

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 99,170,340 people shows a strong positive correlation between the proportion of Somalis and poverty level among children under the age of 16 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.776 and weighted average of 21.0%. 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 5.7%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, the demographic groups most similar to Somalis are Choctaw (21.0%, a difference of 0.050%), Immigrants from Bahamas (21.0%, a difference of 0.090%), Immigrants from Grenada (21.0%, a difference of 0.33%), Indonesian (21.0%, a difference of 0.37%), and Seminole (21.1%, a difference of 0.47%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 16, 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%).