Religion, belief in God, and income: As a follow-up to the last post, I looked at mean annual income by religion for GSS respondents:
Mean income by religion (N = 7,559)
Other Eastern 18.38
Jewish 18.25
Hindus 17.65
Orthodox Christian 16.82
Buddhist 15.09
All Americans 14.34
Catholic 14.16
Protestant 14.15
None 14.12
Muslim 14.12
Christian 13.50
Inter-denominational 12.97
Native American 12.18
And for belief in God:
No way to find out 15.20
Doesn't believe 14.46
Believes but doubts 14.25
Believes sometimes 14.11
Some higher power 13.79
Knows God exists 13.69
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What do those figures in red mean, specifically?
ReplyDeleteOh, I read the previous post. Explained.
ReplyDeleteThe religious groups of America aren't distributed evenly. A unionized Catholic plumber in NYC might make 150k a year, while Joe the Plumber in Toledo was reported to be making 40k as a middle age divorced man. However the cost of living in NYC, especially Manhattan, is vastly higher than it is in NW Ohio. I think I saw JtP in front of his house being interviewed on TV, so he may have a far higher standard of living.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of income data seems to be a major flaw in the GSS. I thought a major study like this would have data on something as obvious as income.