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Mean: 36%
Median: 30%
Mode: 0.3
Standard Deviation: 0.165992042

The mean would be most representative of our data as it shows what the average percentage guessed was.

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What percentage of children in the U.S. do you think live in poverty_ (n = 62)

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Autumn Dembowski, Sara Langmeier, Crystal Thiel, Jack Bohnsack, and Isaac Boyer

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Living in poverty affects a child's ability to perform well in school.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Disagree
D. Strongly Disagree

Fact: In 2013, there were 21% of school-age children living in poverty. Even today, young children living in poverty often enter school knowing fewer words than their peers living in higher-income families. They also tend to have lower academic performance.
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/pdf/Indicator_CCE/coe_cce_2015_05.pdf

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What percentage of children in the U.S. do you think live in poverty?

Answer: According to Poverty USA, there were 16.2% of children in the U.S.A. living in poverty in 2018.
However, Kids Count Data Center suggests that in previous years, the number had ranged from 22% in 2010 to 18% in 2017.

https://www.povertyusa.org/facts

https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/43-children-in-poverty-100-percent-poverty#detailed/1/any/false/1729,37,871,870,573,869,36,868,867,133/any/321,322

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Save the Children:
Save the Children was founded in 1932 and focuses on providing life changing resources for the most isolated and underserved children and families in the US. This relates to our topic because education is the ladder out of poverty. That is why proving the necessary rescues for children to learn is so important to solving this issue. Some ways to help through this organization are fundraising, participating in events, advocating for these children and their families, and volunteering. This organization partners directly with it's sponsors and donors. Anyone and everyone can help!

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Plan International:
Plan International is a global  organization active in over 75  countries across the world. They work with children and young women to help provide support and recourses  to help reach them be happy, healthy, and reach their full potential. This connects to our issue of poverty because lots of problems that arise with children living in poverty and the schools is that those children lack the important things they need to function properly and do well in school. Things like adequate heath care, and proper nutrition can be huge barriers for a child's ability to learn and focus. There are many ways to help through this organization. The best way being to sponsor a child to help give them the recourses they need. Other ways include writing letters to request donations, volunteering to work with people in need, and donating resources directly.

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1.) Living in poverty affects a child's ability to perform well in school.
2.) What percentage of children in the US do you think live in poverty?

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What is Poverty? | Exploring Extreme Poverty with Compassion

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiZZXMv7GLLZ5QClgexBTdxl2yVR2otukhIlOGoueFbgAN2g/viewform?usp=pp_url

The survey was shared via Facebook and Instagram. A total of 62 people responded.

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Living in poverty affects a child's ability to perform well in school (n=62)

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Oxfam:
Oxfam is an organization that helps families that are in poverty.
World Vision:
World vision is an organization that helps children that are in poverty. They raise money and give it to families that need it.  All you have to do is pick a child and sponsor them!

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Child poverty statistics in the U.S. (kidscount.org)
This article provides the statistics of children living in poverty over time. This brings some background into our survey question in which we ask what percent of children live in poverty.
Poverty and Its Impact on Students’ Education | NASSP
This article is from the National association of secondary school principals and it talks about how poverty affects students. In our survey we asked if living in poverty affects a students ability to preform well in school and this article goes over the hurdles and complications that living in poverty presents students with.

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Living in poverty affects a child's ability to perform well in school (n= 62)