DAY 1

Income
Independent-Income per person
Dependent-Babies per women
Pattern-Linear Negative Correlation
As the income increases the rate of babies born decreases

Detail-The countries with a lower income have more babies than the countries with a higher
income. This is because children are an economical asset to developing countries. In those
countries children are born to help their families survive because of the economical struggles.
http://www.gapminder.org/tools/bubbles#_state_marker_axis%2F_y_which=children%2F_per%2F_woman%2F_total
%2F_fertility

Mortality Rate
Independent-Child Mortality Rate
Dependent-Babies per women
Pattern-Non-Linear Positive Correlation
As the child mortality rate increases so does babies per women

http://www.gapminder.org/tools/bubbles#_state_marker_axis%2F_y_which=children%2F_per%2F_woman%2F_total
%2F_fertility&domainMin:0.84&domainMax:9.22&zoomedMin:0.84&zoomedMax:9.22;&axis%2F_x_which=child
%2F_mortality%2F_0%2F_5%2F_year%2F_olds%2F_dying%2F_per%2F_1000%2F_born

Number of Child DeathsIndependent-Number of child deaths

Dependent-Babies per women
Pattern-No correlation

http://www.gapminder.or
g/tools/bubbles#_state_marker_axis%2F_y_which=children%2F_per%2F_woman%2F_total
%2F_fertility&domainMin:0.84&domainMax:9.22&zoomedMin:0.84&zoomedMax:9.22;&axis%2F_x_which=number%2F_of
%2F_child%2F_deaths

Children per elderly and 100 adultsIndependent-Children and elderly per 100 adults
Dependent-Babies per women
Pattern-Linear Positive Correlation
As the Children and elderly per 100 adults increases so does the babies per women.

http://www.gapm
inder.org/tools/bubbles#_state_marker_axis%2F_y_which=children%2F_per%2F_woman%2F_total
%2F_fertility&domainMin:0.84&domainMax:9.22&zoomedMin:0.84&zoomedMax:4.01;&axis%2F_x_which=children
%2F_and%2F_elderly%2F_per

%2F_100%2F_adults&domainMin:20.45&domainMax:119.8&zoomedMin:20.45&zoomedMax:119.8&scaleType=linear;&size_
extent@:0&:0.9;;;&time_start=1950

DAY 2
North, South and Central America
Most countries income is in range from $5000-$50k but Haiti is the only country with less than
$2000.
Guatemala is an outlier because it doesnt follow the pattern ( as the income increases babies per
women decreases). Guatemala has more income than Haiti but the avegae babies per women is
still higher.Bolivia and Honduras are also Outliers for the same reasons.

Africa
Nigeria is an outlier because it doesnt follow the trend.As the income increases babaies per
women should decreases but even though Nigerias income is more than Brundi it still has the
same number of babies per women.Niger,Mali and Angola are also outliers because of the same
reason.

Asia,South Pacific and Middle East

Qatar has one of the highest income but the babies per women is still higher than Oman who has
less income than Qatar.This makes it an outlier.North Korea is also an outlier because evern
though there income is low so is babies per women.

5. Europe and Post-Soviet Union

In this data, majority of the countries have about 2-3 babies per women no matter what the
income is.

Question1. What results were surprising or interesting? (may relate to the general trend, particular continents
or specific countries)
In graph A, I found the whole data surprising because I would think families in countries with low
income would have fewer children because they cant support them finically but its the opposite. Third
world countries actually have more kids so they can be put to work to help the household. One think that
is really interesting is that the European and Post-Soviet Countries have the same number of babies per
women, (around 2-3) no matter the income.
2. Were there any correlations not as strong or weak as you expected? Would the correlation be
stronger or weaker if you looked at particular continents in isolation?
In graph A, there were no correlations that were stronger or weaker as I expected. I imagined countries in
North America and Africa having a consistent fast trend but the Middle Eastern and Asian countries
would have more of a slower trend. The correlation would definitely be stronger if you look at a
particular continent like Africa .You can clearly see the Linear Negative Correlation in the African
countries making it a strong correlation, but if you look at the Europe and Post-Soviet theres not really
any correlation making it a weak correlation.
3. Were there any countries that could be considered as an exception to the rule, as outliers, not
following the general trend?
In graph A, there were many countries that were outliers. Most of the countries that didnt follow the
pattern had a high income but still a high number of babies per women Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Niger and
Mali were some of the outliers.
One country in particular stood out from the crowd was North Korea who had a low income but also a
low number of babies per women.

4. Were the correlations positive when you thought they should be negative? Was there no
relationship when you thought there should be a relationship? For graphs that displayed no
correlation, is there a correlation for particular continents?
For graph C, I really though there should have been a relationship with the number of child deaths and
babies per women because if your child dies at a young age you would want to try and try again till you
have a healthy child that lives a long, happy life and completes your family. Africa actually has a linear,
positive correlation if its alone. As the number of child deaths increase so does the number of babies per
women.
5. What other category (geographical location, economic factors) might contribute to or explain the
relationship?
In Africa and Asia the less income the more kids, the countries with a lower income have more babies
than the countries with a higher income. This is because children are an economical asset to developing
countries. In those countries children are born to help their families survive because of the economical
struggles. In developed countries like Europe and North South and Central America they have fewer kids
since kids are an economical defect. In developed countries children are born so they can be spoiled with
toys and other commodities.
6. Is the relationship between the independent and dependent variable connected to another
indicator?
In developing countries, like Africa and Asia, they dont have access medical facilities so their mortality
rate is higher. Therefore they would keep have children since would want more chance of survival for
their offspring. Also, they dont have access to birth control methods so they dont have as much control
of how many children they have and developing countries dont have abortion options, if they do it is
limited and very expensive, so they cant get rid of their child.
Individual Response:
In my research on income and children born per woman I found countries with low income would
have fewer children, which was surprising since I thought if u had the money, you would have more
kids. Third world countries have more kids, so they can be put to work to help around the house. In
North America and Africa, they have a consistent and fast trend but Middle Eastern and Asian
countries have more of a slower trend. Some of the outliers we found were Nigeria, Oman, Qatar,
Niger and Mali. To developing countries children are an economical asset, they are born to help their
families. In developed countries kids are an economical defect because they are mostly spoiled with
toys and other commodities. Another reason developing countries have more children is they dont
have access to many medical facilities. Most have children to continue their family name. They also
dont have access to birth control methods or abortion options (if they do it is limited/very expensive)