Marshallese vs Sri Lankan Child Poverty Under the Age of 5

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 14,701,855 people shows a moderate negative correlation between the proportion of Marshallese and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.425 and weighted average of 19.7%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 422,664,150 people shows no correlation between the proportion of Sri Lankans and poverty level among children under the age of 5 in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.021 and weighted average of 15.5%, a difference of 27.6%.

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Marshallese are Guyanese (19.7%, a difference of 0.010%), Immigrants from Middle Africa (19.7%, a difference of 0.020%), Nonimmigrants (19.7%, a difference of 0.070%), Cree (19.7%, a difference of 0.17%), and Pennsylvania German (19.8%, a difference of 0.24%).

In terms of child poverty under the age of 5, the demographic groups most similar to Sri Lankans are Australian (15.5%, a difference of 0.25%), Immigrants from Turkey (15.4%, a difference of 0.33%), Italian (15.5%, a difference of 0.37%), Czech (15.5%, a difference of 0.48%), and Immigrants from Argentina (15.4%, a difference of 0.54%).