Jamaican vs West Indian Births to Unmarried Women

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%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 244,812,530 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of West Indians and percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.298 and weighted average of 37.3%, a difference of 3.2%.

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%), Alaska Native (38.3%, a difference of 0.48%), Iroquois (38.2%, a difference of 0.72%), British West Indian (38.0%, a difference of 1.3%), and Immigrants from Nicaragua (38.0%, a difference of 1.3%). Similarly, the demographic groups most similar to West Indians are Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (37.3%, a difference of 0.12%), Immigrants from Belize (37.3%, a difference of 0.13%), Liberian (37.4%, a difference of 0.30%), Immigrants from Latin America (37.1%, a difference of 0.33%), and Spanish American Indian (37.4%, a difference of 0.38%).