American Muslims want the most kids: I looked at the GSS to find out what people consider to be the ideal family size. For all Americans, the mean is 2.5. By the way, the fact the average woman has fewer than 2 kids shows that people are not able to have as many kids as they would like. Presumably, this is because people feel they cannot afford them. (Of course, some people cannot have children). Comparing religious affiliations, Muslims want the most kids:
Mean number of children desired
1. Muslims 2.9
2. Catholics 2.6
3. Protestants 2.5
4. Jews 2.4
5. None 2.3
6. Buddhists 2.1
Not surprisingly, the desired number of children rises with conservatism. Roughly 40% of American Muslims are black: they want an average of 3.1 kids (compared to 2.8 for black Protestants). Muslims who say they are white only want 1.7 children: those saying their race is "other" want 3.0 children.
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 ...
In spite of all the attention that Farrakhan gets, they are a small group: .3% of all black Americans.
ReplyDeleteBased on the GSS, there are an estimated 110,000 Americans who are black and Muslim. Twenty thousand members of the Nation of Islam sounds about right, leaving 90,000 mainstream black Muslims (maybe mainstream isn't the right word). By the way, the GSS also estimates only 296,000 total Muslims in the country--a much smaller number than other estimates.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Morgan Spurlock the USA is 2% Muslim, ie 6 million!
ReplyDelete