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In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of mothers lose at least one child before the child's first birthday. Below are data on 36 countries in the region, giving country, infant mortal- ity, per capita income (in U.S. dollars), percentage of births to mothers under 20, percent- age of births to mothers over 40, percentage of births less than two years apart, percentage of married women using contraception, and percentage of women with unmet family planning need (https://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/ib_2-02.html).
Country
InfMort
Income
% Mom
20
> 40
2 Years Apart
Using Contraception
Need Family Planning
Benin Rep
104
933
16
5
17
3
26
Burkina Faso
109
965
Cameroon
80
1,573
21
4
25
7
Central African Rep
102
1,166
22
Chad Rep
110
850
24
1
missing
Côte d'Ivoire
91
1,654
6
28
Eritrea
76
880
15
Ethiopia
113
628
14
23
Gabon
61
6,024
12
Ghana
1,881
13
Guinea
107
1,934
Kenya
71
1,022
18
32
Madagascar
99
799
31
10
Malawi
586
30
Mali
134
753
Mozambique
147
861
19
Namibia
62
5,468
Niger
136
Nigeria
853
27
9
Rwanda
90
885
36
Senegal
69
1,419
8
35
Tanzania
108
501
Togo
1,410
Uganda
86
650
Zambia
756
Zimbabwe
60
2,876
50
(a) Make a scatter diagram of InfMort and income.
(b) Draw (by eye) the line that appears to best fit the data.
(c) What effect do you suppose that the two outliers have on income?
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