Jamaican vs British West Indian Married-Couple Family Poverty

The statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 364,819,345 people shows a slight negative correlation between the proportion of Jamaicans and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of -0.052 and weighted average of 6.1%. Similarly, the statistical analysis conducted on geographies consisting of 152,203,560 people shows a weak positive correlation between the proportion of British West Indians and poverty level among married-couple families in the United States with a correlation coefficient (R) of 0.264 and weighted average of 7.1%, a difference of 17.3%.

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to Jamaicans are Senegalese (6.1%, a difference of 0.19%), Alaskan Athabascan (6.1%, a difference of 0.21%), Shoshone (6.1%, a difference of 0.40%), Immigrants (6.0%, a difference of 0.79%), and Immigrants from Senegal (6.1%, a difference of 0.79%).

In terms of married-couple family poverty, the demographic groups most similar to British West Indians are Inupiat (7.1%, a difference of 0.24%), Immigrants from St. Vincent and the Grenadines (7.1%, a difference of 0.30%), Honduran (7.2%, a difference of 0.39%), Immigrants from Dominica (7.1%, a difference of 0.41%), and Immigrants from Armenia (7.1%, a difference of 0.41%).