Female 50-54 population linked to net secondary income
Comparing Net secondary income (Net current transfers from abroad) (current LCU) with Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP across 199 countries, 2011–2025.
- Rank correlation
- +0.72
- Holding size constant
- +0.63
- Countries compared
- 199
- Period
- 2011–2025
What might link these
The relationship between the proportion of females aged 50-54 per unit of GDP and net secondary income could be influenced by factors such as remittances sent by migrant workers, which might be received by this demographic. A careful reader should consider the potential impact of migration patterns and foreign employment on these indicators. Education level could be a likely confounder, affecting both employment opportunities abroad and financial transfers.
Why this is not proof of anything
This is a correlation across countries, not an experiment. It cannot show that either indicator causes the other, and both may simply follow a third thing. This correlation might mislead by implying a direct relationship between the demographic and income transfers, when in fact, other factors like migration and foreign employment policies could be driving the association.
The second figure above repeats the measurement with national population and income held constant. It is the more conservative number: a relationship that largely disappears there was mostly telling you that larger, richer countries have more of most things.
How this was measured
Both indicators were ranked across every country reporting each, and the two rankings compared — ranks rather than raw values, because a handful of very large countries can otherwise manufacture a relationship on their own. The calculation is arithmetic over figures already published on this site; the commentary above is drafted from the two indicator names and the resulting coefficients.