Wealth Survey Essay

To begin with, the frequency tables show the number of participants and what they answered for both the scale of income and state of health can been seen in Figure [1] of the Appendix. There were 83,154 participants that responded to the wealth question [1] and 85,949 participants that responded to the health question [Figure 2]. For the wealth question, the frequency of the data from the respondents is skewed toward the First Step at 6483 people (lowest wealth), peaks toward the Fifth Step at 17,952 people (middle wealth) and drops to 1,223 people at the Tenth Step (highest wealth). The percentages for each of these crucial markers to understand the frequency of the table are as follows: First Step (7.8%), Fifth Step (21.6%) and Tenth Step (1.5%). On the dependent variable side of the survey, state of health, the frequency of the data is skewed toward “Very Good” at 22,665, peaks at “Good” at 38,003 and drops to 5,004 at “Poor”. The percentages for each of these states of health goes: “Very Good” (26.4%), “Good” (44.2%) and “Poor” (5.8%). From my interpretation of the data, it seems that this survey was answered mostly by individuals in the Middle to Lower class on the income of scales and “Good” to “Very Good” on their state of health. Therefore, these …show more content…
My analysis that includes the cross-tabulation and Chi Square Test show that there is a clear relationship between these two variables. The percentages analyzed in the crosstab show that as an individual gets wealthier than their health will benefit. While, the use of the Chi Square test had statistically proved that there is a relationship between wealth and health. Keeping in mind, all this evidence, from literary review to the analysis of the World Studies Survey, there is a clear statistical and socio connection between an individual’s wealth and their