Question

examples of graphs on how an education is important to children in poverty

Answer 1

The major threat to existence, particularly in the developing world, is poverty. The MDG (millennial development goals) were set to reduce world poverty by half, which would assist in increasing the standard of living of mankind. Education is extremely important to children as it improves self-understanding and quality of life. It can be said that education can enhance the standard of living of the people who would assist in alleviating poverty. Thus, there exists a negative relationship between the education level and poverty rate. In order to measure the relationship the high school graduation rate of the US for the year 2017 is being compared with the poverty rate for 2017 for different states of the US.

The below data are taken from the US .Census Bureau

	All students, 2016-17	Poverty rate in %
Alabama	89.3	16.9
Alaska	78.2	11.1
Arizona	78	14.9
Arkansas	88	16.4
California	82.7	13.3
Colorado	79.1	10.3
Connecticut	87.9	9.6
Delaware	86.9	13.6
District of Columbia	73.2	16.6
Florida	82.3	14
Georgia	80.6	14.9
Hawaii	82.7	9.5
Idaho	79.7	12.8
Illinois	87	12.6
Indiana	83.8	13.5
Iowa	91	10.7
Kansas	86.5	11.9
Kentucky	89.7	17.2
Louisiana	78.1	19.7
Maine	86.9	11.1
Maryland	87.7	9.3
Massachusetts	88.3	10.5
Michigan	80.2	14.2
Minnesota	82.7	9.5
Mississippi	83	19.8
Missouri	88.3	13.4
Montana	85.8	12.5
Nebraska	89.1	10.8
Nevada	80.9	13
New Hampshire	88.9	7.7
New Jersey	90.5	10
New Mexico	71.1	19.7
New York	81.8	14.1
North Carolina	86.6	14.7
North Dakota	87.2	10.3
Ohio	84.2	14
Oklahoma	82.6	15.8
Oregon	76.7	13.2
Pennsylvania	86.6	12.5
Rhode Island	84.1	11.6
South Carolina	83.6	15.4
South Dakota	83.7	13
Tennessee	89.8	15
Texas	89.7	14.7
Utah	86	9.7
Vermont	89.1	11.3
Virginia	86.9	10.6
Washington	79.4	11
West Virginia	89.4	19.1
Wisconsin	88.6	11.3
Wyoming	86.2	11.3

Source: US Census Bureau

A scatter plot shows a negative association between the high school graduation rate and the poverty level of different states.