Assignment #3 [Vincent Cheng]

MAIN TABLE:

Country	% Catholic	Birth Rate/1000	Infant Mortality Rate/1000	Literacy (15 up can read / write)	Unemployment Rate
Brazil	73.6	14.97	19.83	90.4%	5.5%
Mexico	82.7	18.61	16.26	93.5%	5%
Italy	80.0	8.94	3.33	99%	10.6%
Columbia	90.0	16.98	15.46	93.6%	10.4%
Poland	89.8	9.88	6.3	99.7%	12.8%
Spain	94	10.14	3.35	97.7%	25.1%
Indonesia	3	17.38	26.06	92.8%	6.1%
Japan	2	8.23	2.17	99%	4.4%
India	2.3	20.24	44.6	62.8%	8.5%

% of Catholic in Population vs. Birth Rate:

Country	India	Mexico	Indonesia	Columbia	Brazil	Spain	Poland	Italy	Japan
Birth Rate	20.24	18.61	17.38	16.98	14.97	10.14	9.88	8.94	8.23
% of catholic	2.3	82.7	3	90.0	73.6	94.0	89.8	80.0	2

When we look at the relationship between the population of catholic within the country and their corresponding birth rate, there are two main evidences suggest that there is no relations between these two variables. The first evidence is that Mexico, a country that have 82.7% of population have catholic as their religion, have similar birth rate with Indonesia, which only have 3% of catholic in their population. Their corresponding birth rate are 18.61 birth per 1000 population versus 17.38 birth per 1000 population, which is really similar, but their catholic population have a huge distance. Another evidence is that, when we look the birth rate at the top 6 catholic countries (Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Columbia, Poland, and Spain), we see a huge difference in birth rate, ranging from 8.94 birth per 1000 population to 18.61 birth per 1000 population.

Unemployment Rate vs. Birth Rate

Country	India	Mexico	Indonesia	Columbia	Brazil	Spain	Poland	Italy	Japan
Birth Rate	20.24	18.61	17.38	16.98	14.97	10.14	9.88	8.94	8.23
Unemployment Rate (%)	8.5	5.0	6.1	10.4	5.5	25.1	12.8	10.6	4.4

When we compare unemployment rate and birth rate, we can see no relations because Japan, which have 4.4% of unemployment rate, have similar birth rate to Spain, which have 25.1% of unemployment rate, as they both have around 9 birth per 1000 population.

Literacy vs. Birth Rate

Country	India	Mexico	Indonesia	Columbia	Brazil	Spain	Poland	Italy	Japan
Birth Rate	20.24	18.61	17.38	16.98	14.97	10.14	9.88	8.94	8.23
Literacy (%)	62.8	93.5	92.8	93.6	90.4	97.7	99.7	99	99

When we look at the correlation between birth rate and literacy, we can definitely see a relationship between the two valuables. When we look at the countries who have at least 97% of their population know how to read and write (Italy, Poland, Spain, Japan), they seems to have lower birth rate, range from 8-10 birth per 1000 population, than the other countries who have literacy lower than 94%, range from 15-20 birth per 1000 population.

Infant Mortality vs. Birth Rate

Country	India	Mexico	Indonesia	Columbia	Brazil	Spain	Poland	Italy	Japan
Birth Rate	20.24	18.61	17.38	16.98	14.97	10.14	9.88	8.94	8.23
Infant Mortality Rate	44.6	16.26	26.06	15.46	19.83	3.35	6.3	3.33	2.17

When we compare infant mortality with birth rate, we can also discover a relationship between these two variables. For countries who have low infant mortality rate (under 7 death per 1000 birth), they have birth rate around and under 10 births per 1000 population, and countries who have high infant mortality rate (above 15 babies death per 1000 birth), have the birth rate at least 15 births per 1000 population.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, we found out that religion is not a main factor that affecting the birth rate of a country, there is other variables, such as literacy and infant mortality rate that have more effect on the birth rate of a country. We can also see that the unemployment rate of a country will not affect its birth rate. As we can see here, even there is a technologically conservative prohibition against birth control among Catholic populations, but the effects is minimal since there is catholic countries who have very high birth rate, such as Mexico, and there is catholic countries who have relative lower birth rate, such as Italy.