š Household Debt and Social Variables in British Columbia This project investigates how social and demographic factors correlate with household debt levels across regions in British Columbia, Canada. The goal is to identify underlying patterns that may contribute to financial vulnerability, and ultimately support more informed, data-driven social policy.
š What This Project Does Integrates household debt data with variables such as: Employment rate Age group distribution Indigenous identity Language spoken Performs Pearson correlation analysis to quantify relationships Visualizes key findings using bar graphs and data plots Highlights variables most strongly associated with higher or lower debt levels
š Files Included Cleaned datasets (.csv) Correlation matrix and statistical results Visualizations (.png) Python scripts for data processing and analysis
š” Why It Matters Understanding how factors like employment, identity, and age structure affect debt can help policymakers, researchers, and advocates design more targeted interventions to improve financial well-beingāespecially among marginalized communities.