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=Statistics= USA || $47,200 || 36.9 Yrs. || 78.37 Yrs. || 99% || 2.06 / Female || Saudi Arabia || $24,000 || 23.9 Yrs. || 74.11 Yrs. || 78.8% || 2.31 / Female || Brazil || $10,800 || 29.3 Yrs. || 72.53 Yrs. || 88.6% || 2.18 / Female || Pakistan || $2,500 || 21.8 Yrs. || 65.99 Yrs. || 49.9% || 3.17 / Female || Madagascar || $900 || 18.2 Yrs. || 63.63 Yrs. || 68.9% || 5.02 / Female ||
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=High Income Living Conditions: Saudi Arabia= Primary Source: Secondary Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/pakistan.html Person Researched: Saheed

Story/Description: Saudi Arabia is the worlds number one exporter of oil in the world, they export more oil than any other country in the world. Until, the 1960's females were not allowed to go to school. Most people can't read and write until they are around 15. Their education system begins with two years of kindergarten, Saheed is in intermediate school. Their schooling system requires females and males to go to separate schools around the age of 6. Next year, Saheed will be entering secondary school, thus giving her the opportunities to a science or reading and writing track. In their country it i extremely hot so they dress differently to protect them from the high temperatures. The women normally wear a veil and a long robe. The men wear long pieces of cotton and a hat to protect their faces from the heat. Their family lives in a high rise apartment in the capital city. Some families live in a farm village like her uncle and aunt for example. A lot of the country is open desert. They speak the Arabic language and businessmen speak some English. The men also can have a multiple wives as long as they receive permission from the first. The are of the Muslim religion and love to eat lamb and rice.

Paragraph Analysis: The life of students in Saudi Arabia varies quite a bit from the life of Americans. They have a public school system like that of the United States but the set up of their public system is significantly different from ours. Also, the terrain and land formation also varies compared to that of the United States. A majority of their country is open desert and the United States is significantly developed. The lives of Saudi's is very different from that of those in the United States and other countries.

=Middle-Upper Income Living Conditions: Brazil= Primary Source: http://brazilargentina.edublogs.org/a-teens-life-in-brazil/ Secondary Source: Person Researched: Beatriz

Story/Description: The life of a teen from Brazil begins in the bedroom. Decorated with poster the average Brazilian bedroom has a TV (sometimes with cable), CD player and video games. They also may have a computer or DVD player. Occasionally, students have to share bedroom with siblings, that isn't very common though. They spend a majority of their free time with friends, playing sports, and video games. They also enjoy spending time with friends going to the mall or at the movies seeing the newest releases. Teens from Brazil also love their music which is very common for people to listen to. The house rules for Brazilian teens are very lenient, they can come and go as the please. Also, they are required to do their homework on a regular basis because they are dedicated to their education. Also, during the week they are normally required to go to bed at a decent time during the week and have to get up early for school and work. On the weekends they normally stay home and relax, and occasionally have friends over.

Paragraph Analysis: The life of a Brazilian teen reminds me much of the life of an American teen. They primarily have the same living conditions. A Brazilian teen is more restricted though in their schooling and work life. The teens of Brazil work "part-time" like many teens of America. As I said before the life of a Brazilian teen is much like that of an American.

=Lower Income Living Conditions: Pakistan= Primary Source: Secondary Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/pakistan.html Person Researched: Krishn'aa

Story/Description: Pakistan is a small country located in southern Asia. Over the summer in Pakistan citizen's experience temperatures reaching 120°F with very minimal amounts of water (10 inches per year.) Their clothing style is very different compared to many countries around the world. They wear clothes called Salwar, baggy pants with narrow ankles. Their shirts are called kameez and the shirt comes down to their knees. The design of houses are not very modern compared to the modernized societies of some countries. The houses have very flat roofs and are only one floor. The education that students get is very minimal, less than half the students get an education between the ages of five and nine. Boys and girls get separate educations as it is one of the customs of the Koran, their main religion. Their dietary necessities are very strict because their religion believes in such a way that they have special diets.

Paragraph Analysis: The lives of many Pakistanis vary greatly from my life in America. The houses, education and clothing are all different compared to the clothing, housing, and education I receive here in America. The education I receive in America requires I attend school until the age of 18, while in Pakistan less than half the citizens receive an education.

=Middle-Lower Income Living Conditions: Madagascar= Primary Source: Secondary Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212302/pakistan.html Person Researched: Noah, 8 Years Old

Story/Description: Noah is an 8 year old child who lives in Berivotra, Madagascar. The mainland island of Madagascar is just off of the south-east corner of Africa located in the Indian Ocean. Noah's official language is Malagasy but he can also speak some French. Noah's family, just like the others, are financially dependent on herding cattle, and growing rice in irrigated fields. In Madagascar the countries financial situation is so poor the citizen's social class and wealth is measured be the number of cattle the family owns. Their family also grows, bananas and sweet potatoes (my favorite). The citizens of Madagascar come from a descent of African Americans and Indonesian people. The main religion of Madagascar is Muslim but citizens also practice local African Religions. They live in houses made of logs and grass. Logs for walls and grass for the roves. Normally, the youth are responsible for transporting the water to their houses because they don't have access to running or potable water. The citizen's love their ancestors and worship their bodies in the cemetery. Also, Madagascar's first school was built in 1996 when scientists digging up fossils realized there was no education. A majority of students only attend primary school while only a select few move on to high school.

Paragraph Analysis: The lives of Madagascar kids can be very difficult because of several factors affecting their financial, economic and educational status. School age kids are working daily lives around age 8 while also attending school. Also, they are very poor due to their lacking agrarian society.

=Conclusion:= When you look at the high income countries of Saudi Arabia, Greece and the Netherlands you would notice that the Netherlands has the highest economy with an income of $40,300 which is the highest of the 3 countries. Greece has the second highest income per capita at $29,600 and Saudi Arabia has the lowest at $24,000. This could correlate to the strength of the countries economy, this would possibly mean that the Netherlands has the strongest economy. Greece has a median age of 42.5, Saudi Arabia has a median age of 23.9 years old and finally, the Netherlands has a median age of 41.1 years old. The average median age for these three countries is 35.8 this is lower because of the low median age in Saudi Arabia. The life expectancy in the Netherlands in 79.7 years old while in Saudi Arabia the life expectancy is 74.1 years old. In Greece males and females are expected to live until at least 80 years old. Finally, the literacy rate of each country. This outlines hoe much of the total population is capable of reading. In Greece the literacy rate 96%. Thus, 4% of Greece's population is unable to read.

A Low income country is defined as a country whose income per capita is less than $1,005. The income per capita in Kenya is constantly changing but is normally well under $1600, for Madagascar they have an income per capita of $900, and the income per capita of Haiti is most likely to be well under the reported $1,200 according to the CIA World Fact-book. The median age in these 3 countries is very low because they can't afford the medical expenses for the elder members of their society to remain living. The median age in Madagascar is 18.2 years old, just like the median age in Kenya. In Haiti the median age is 21.6. Along with median age is life expectancy which the age in which residents of that country are expected to live. In Kenya the life expectancy is 59.48 which is surprisingly high for a country with that low of an income per capita. In Madagascar the life expectancy is 63.63 which is very close to Haiti's life expectancy which is 62.2. Finally, the literacy rate of Kenya is 85.1% which is an outstanding majority of their population that can read. In Madagascar 68.9% of the country has the ability to read and understand literature. 52.9%, a little above half of the population is Haiti is capable of reading.