Assignment #3

Catholic Countries

Andorra
94% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 9.66/1000 pop.
Infant Mortality: 3.8/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 100%

Spain
94% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 10.66/1000 pop
Infant mortality rate: 3.39/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%

Malta
98% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 10.35/1000 pop
Infant Mortality Rate: 3.69/1000
Literacy: definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%


Argentina
92% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 17.54/1000 pop.
Infant mortality rate: 10.81/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.2%

Dominican Republic
95% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 19.67/1000 pop
Infant Mortality rate: 22.22/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 87%

Honduras
97% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 25.14/1000 pop
Infant Mortality rate: 20.44/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 80%

Cape Verde
93% Roman Catholic
Birth rate: 21.47/1000 pop
Infant mortality rate: 26.94/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 76.6%

Non-Catholic Countries

Afghanistan
99% Muslim
Birth rate: 37.83/1000 pop
Infant mortality rate: 149.2/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 28.1%

India
80.5% Hindu and 13.4% Muslim
Birth rate: 20.97/1000 pop
Infant mortality rate: 47.57/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 61%

Taiwan
93% Buddhist and Taoist
Birth rate: 8.9/1000
Infant Mortality rate: 5.18/1000
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96.1%


The data above shows the percentage of each countries religious population, birth rate, infant mortality rate, and the literacy rate. Analyzing these pieces together, there shows a correlation between the literacy rate and the birth rate. The higher the birth rate, the lower the literacy rate. Andorra has a birth rate of 9.66 per 1000 population. Their literacy population of people over 15 years old is 100%. Comparing that to Cape Verde, there is a birth rate of 21.47 per 1000 population. Their literacy population of people over 15 years old is 76.6%. Both of these countries have a similar proportion of catholic persons. Comparing these two countries to Afghanistan, which has a near zero percent catholic population, their birth rate is 37.83% per 1000 population. But their literacy population of people over 15 years old is 28.1%. There is no evidence to show that the higher the catholic population, the lower the birth rate. We can see this in the non-catholic countries. My conclusion stands; the higher the birth rate, the lower the population of literates.


Joshua