Working-class Jews II: I wanted to explore this issue a little further since income is one thing, but it does not tell us what kind of work people are doing. So I found a question on the same survey asking if you have to lift heavy things at work. Here are the results (in percentages):
Protestants 48.6
Catholics 42.6
Jews 14.3
No religion 47.0
I suppose you can read these numbers either way: the stereotype is generally true, but 1 out of 7 Jews has to schlep heavy stuff on the job.
Are gun owners mentally ill?
Some anti-gun people think owning a gun is a sign of some kind of mental abnormality. According to General Social Survey data, gun owners ...
I'll look for data.
ReplyDeleteIn an Israeli study, the twinning rate was 9.5/1,000 women delivered. In another study, the rate for whites in general was 10.0. By the way, it was 13.2 for blacks, 10.2 for Native Americans, 10.6 for Pacific Islanders, 7.2 for Asians, with Cambodians being the highest Asian group with 8.6.
ReplyDelete(Both studies are from PubMed).
Hard to believe that such a large number of Americans are moving heavy stuff at work. Isn't that supposed to be what we have illegal aliens for ?
ReplyDeleteUmmm ... no ... that's what Jews have illegal immigrants for, obviously.
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