Question

2.       The next two tables are summaries from a neighborhood survey. Use the information in the tables to summarize the results of the survey. Which of the neighborhoods would you consider the lowest income neighborhood? Explain your answer?

TABLE 2

CROWN HEIGHTS,   EAST NEW YORK

PROSPECT

HEIGHTS / FLATBUSH

BED-STUY / BUSHWICK

INCOME

Count

%

Count

%

Count

%

LESS THAN $15,000

45

19.7%

5

7.8%

11

8.3%

$15,000 - $24,999

69

30.1%

25

39.1%

38

28.6%

$25,000 - $34,999

64

27.9%

18

28.1%

40

30.1%

$35,000 - $44,999

27

11.8%

6

9.4%

21

15.8%

$45,000 OR MORE

24

10.5%

10

15.6%

23

17.3%

Answer 1

Lowest income here corresponds to LESS THAN $15,000. We see that there are 45 households which are earning this much money in CROWN HEIGHTS, EAST NEW YORK, 5 households which are earning this much money in PROSPECT HEIGHTS / FLATBUSH and 11 households which are earning this much money in BED-STUY / BUSHWICK.
Now, no. of households in CROWN HEIGHTS, EAST NEW YORK = 45+69+64+27+24 = 229.
No. of households in PROSPECT HEIGHTS / FLATBUSH = 5+25+18+6+10 = 64.
No. of households in BED-STUY / BUSHWICK = 11+38+40+21+23 = 133.

Now, proportion of households in CROWN HEIGHTS, EAST NEW YORK earning less than $15,000 = 45/229 = 0.1965.
Proportion of households in PROSPECT HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH earning less than $15,000 = 5/64 = 0.0781.
Proportion of households in BED-STUY/BUSHWICK earning less than $15,000 = 11/133 = 0.0827.

Since the proportion corresponding to CROWN HEIGHTS, EAST NEW YORK is the highest, we can say that this is the lowest income neighbourhood among these three.