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US Annual Working Hours per Worker vs US Urban Population
US Annual Working Hours per Worker and US Urban Population correlate at r = -0.74 over 64 years (1960–2023), p < 0.0001. With the time trend removed, r = +0.41. Direction flips without the trend.
Verdict: Direction flips without the trend. The raw correlation is -0.74, but once each series' time trend is removed it becomes 0.41. The year-to-year movements run the opposite way to the long-run trends, so the headline number is misleading.
- Pearson r
- -0.74
- p-value
- < 0.0001
- Years compared (n)
- 64 (1960–2023)
- 95% confidence interval
- -0.83 to -0.60
- Correlation with the time trend removed
- +0.41
Sources
- US Annual Working Hours per Worker (hours): Our World in Data. US Annual Working Hours per Worker (Our World in Data: Working hours per worker).
- US Urban Population (% of total): World Bank. US Urban Population (World Bank indicator SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS).
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Correlation does not imply causation. How the verdict is worked out.