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=Statistics= USA || $27,041 || 36.9 || 78.6 || 99% || 2.06 ||
 * = Country || Income Per Capita || Median Age || Life Expectancy || Literacy Rate || Total Fertility Rate ||
 * = Baseline
 * = High Income:Spain || $29,400 || 40.5 || 81.17 || 97.9% || 1.47 ||
 * = Middle Upper:Brazil || $10,800 || 29.3 || 72.53 || 88.6% || 2.18 ||
 * = Middle Lower:India || $3,500 || 26.2 || 66.8 || 61% || 2.62 ||
 * = Lower Income:Haiti || $1,200 || 21.4 || 62.17 || 52.9% || 3.07 ||

=High Income Living Conditions:Spain= Primary Source: Oxfam's Cool Planet Secondary Source:CIA The World Factbook Person Researched: Paz, 12

Story/Description: She is twelve years old. She lives in Valencia, a city in the eastern part of Spain. The climate in Valencia is very good, and it hardly ever rains, except in October. She goes to school from 8am-2pm. After school, she likes to play basketball. Her family eats at 9pm, her favorite food is pizza. She wishes to become a doctor as her profession.

Paragraph Analysis: Life in Spain appears to be better than average living conditions. The income of each person per household is higher than the United States, the life expectancy is higher as well. By studying the girl, Paz, she describes a happy and healthy lifestyle. I had the chance to visit Spain last year, I declined but I would love to visit sometime. I took four years of Spanish, so maybe what I learned could come in handy if I visit sometime. Spain is a above standard living condition country.

=Middle-Upper Income Living Conditions:Brazil= Primary Source: Oracle ThinkQuest Secondary Source:CIA The World Factbook Person Researched: Messias, 10

Story/Description: He is 10 years old and will finish high school is 4 years. Students go to school from age 7-14 in Brazil and school is only 4 hours a day. His country of Brazil is the world's greatest grower and exporter of coffee. Everyone in Brazil likes soccer, especially him, and you can tell because there is a stadium in every city. He lives in the capital, Brasilia. Sadly, 60% of Brazilian homes have no toilets or drains, 52% have no waste collection, and 70% have no running water. He is of the Roman Catholic religion.

Paragraph Analysis: Life in Brazil is also above average compared to all the countries in the world. The income per person is almost a 1/3 of what US and Spain are, life expectancy is also slightly lower than both US and Spain. However, by studying Messias, he describes a simple, happy life style as a kid living in Brazil. He describes a beautiful country with fun activities and shared that they are very big into soccer, or futbol as they referred to it as. Brazil would be an awesome place to visit sometime, Brazil is better living conditions than most countries in the world.

=Lower Income Living Conditions:Haiti= Primary Source: Pressdemocrat.com Secondary Source:CIA The World Factbook Person Researched: Angelina Anezil

Story/Description:Angelina is the daughter of two Haitian parents, she has traveled to their homeland of Haiti three times during her life time. When she was younger and stayed there for a time, she didn't realize how bad the poverty was, she wasn't old enough to understand. But now during her most recent stay, she understands how bad the living conditions are. She was shocked that people have to live in shacks instead of houses, which are not suitable for natural disasters, such as the earthquake that hit Haiti not too long ago. She talked to a man there who she said he is never scared anymore, mainly because he grew up in Haiti. He said his entire life was a nightmare. He was never hungry because his body could not miss what he rarely possessed.

Paragraph Analysis: Haiti is definitely the worst living conditions out of the countries I researched. The income per capita is 1/30 that of US, and again the life expectancy is significantly lower. The people I researched express their true feelings of the nation. Poverty levels are exceedingly high, people have to live in shacks without proper support for harsh weathers. Haiti experienced an earthquake years ago, and still are not fully recovered from it. Haiti must be a very harsh life style, and I pity those who do. I would never want to visit Haiti, to be frank.

=Middle-Lower Income Living Conditions:India= Primary Source: United Educators Credit Union Secondary Source:CIA The World Factbook Person Researched: Shilpa, 17

Story/Description: 17 year old teenager from the city of Chennai, a metropolitan city in South India. She started school at age 3 and finished by age 16. India is separated into states, Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu. Her favorite pastimes when she want to be alone are listening to music, reading books, watching TV, and writing in her journal. She enjoys her life and is very happy being a teenager in India.

Paragraph Analysis: India is showing signs that the living conditions aren't as spectacular as US, Spain or Brazil. The income per person is almost 1/10 that of US, and the life expectancy is significantly lower. The teenager I researched seemed to be happy and enjoying her life, but by the data and statistics of the country, it doesn't seem above average living conditions, more likely leaning towards below average living conditions. I would probably not want to visit India in my lifetime.

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