• vormadikter@startrek.website
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    3 days ago

    So, plus 10% would mean what? There is a 10% net-migration of the countries population towards the US… per what? Month? Decade? Minute? I wished more graphs where self-explanatory . This one isnt.

    If someone has the answer to what this is actually supposed to mean, would be cool if it got posted.

    • Norah - She/They
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      3 days ago

      It is literally written, right there, in the subheading:

      Foreign Diaspora in the United States Less US Diaspora in Foreign Country, as a Share of Foreign Country Population

        • Norah - She/They
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          17
          ·
          edit-2
          3 days ago

          Read it again. There’s not a “per when” because it’s measuring the Diasporas, which would just be “per all time, that are still alive”

            • Norah - She/They
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              15
              ·
              3 days ago

              Yes, exactly, hence “per all time, that are still alive” because it’s measuring the current number of American-born residents of each country, compared to the residents from said country in America.

              • woop_woop@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                5
                ·
                edit-2
                3 days ago

                As of what year?

                Edit: id also like to point out there are diaspora maps for time frames, so just posting a map with that word is as best trying to misleading or make a statement. Otherwise, that information would be freely available. That’s how data works.

                • Norah - She/They
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  7
                  ·
                  3 days ago

                  That’s an entirely different thing than “per unit of time”. It’s a valid question, turns out there isn’t an answer, but some very basic searching linked me to the original map as released: http://cf.datawrapper.de/dduui/2/

                  To your edit, sure, there are diaspora maps for timeframes. Those are called immigration/emigration maps, because the acts of which grow or shrink a diaspora.

                  • woop_woop@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    2
                    ·
                    3 days ago

                    To be fair, I originally did say per what and when. So the when has always been an unanswered question. I’ve not changed my original question at all, because the original image doesn’t answer them

              • underwire212@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                3 days ago

                He’s asking a valid question. There are no time references anywhere on the chart. Surely the numbers change over time, so knowing when the map was created is perfectly relevant.