Immigrants from Zaire vs Jamaican Births to Unmarried Women

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 105,430,695 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Immigrants from Zaire and percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.464 and weighted average of 34.5%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 347,671,371 people shows a substantial positive correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.575 and weighted average of 38.5%, a difference of 11.6%.

In terms of births to unmarried women, the demographic groups most similar to Immigrants from Zaire are Immigrants from Ghana (34.5%, a difference of 0.070%), Bangladeshi (34.4%, a difference of 0.24%), French Canadian (34.4%, a difference of 0.26%), Native Hawaiian (34.3%, a difference of 0.56%), and Ghanaian (34.3%, a difference of 0.70%).

In terms of births to unmarried women, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Dutch West Indian (38.4%, a difference of 0.20%), Spanish American (38.6%, a difference of 0.20%), Immigrants from West Indies (38.6%, a difference of 0.26%), Haitian (38.6%, a difference of 0.27%), and Alaska Native (38.3%, a difference of 0.48%).