Questions tagged [demographics]
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Has the distribution of income and wealth in the USA got much more skewed towards the rich in the last 4 decades?
I recently asked this question about a statistic quoted by Kurt Andersen designed to illustrate the current wealth distribution in the USA in his book Evil Geniuses. It provoked a great deal of (unintended) discussion as I only wanted to check…
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Are 'white women' only 4% of the world population?
I come across the image below, according to which 'white women' would be only 4% of the world population.
Since among 'white women' there are thousands of millions of women living, for example, in Australia, South America, South Africa, Russia and…
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Would the median household income in the USA be $140K and mean net worth $800K if wealth were evenly distributed
In his book (Evil Geniuses) about how the USA got where it currently is, Kurt Andersen speculates about how far wealth and income inequality has risen in the last few decades.
He attempts to visualise in concrete terms the implications by using this…
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Are most US mass shooters Democrats?
Are most mass shooters Democrats? This representative said they are.
'So many people that commit mass murders are Democrats': New York congresswoman sparks outrage during discussion on Florida school shooting:
'Yeah, well, obviously there is a lot…
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Do most black scientists come from non elite-universities?
According to Vice News, Supreme Court Justice Scalia repeated a claim from one of the briefs:
"Most of the black scientists in this country do not come from the most advanced schools," Scalia said, referencing information from a friend-of-the-court…
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Are there more boys born in the US?
According to this article there are more boys born in the USA than girls.
between 1940 and 2005, an average of almost 92,000 more males than females were born annually in the United States.
According to city comparison, though, there are more…
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Are more than half of scientists who have ever lived alive today?
This Washington Post article quotes Brian Nosek as making the claim that:
Brian Nosek offers up a stunning factoid: More than half of the scientists who have ever lived are alive today.
It then challenges the reader to double-check this…
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Will Europe soon have more Muslims than Christians?
This story, which appeared in the UK tabloid The Sun (and widely repeated elsewhere), has also been doing the rounds on social media.
The original story has the strapline:
Muslims will soon outnumber Christians in Europe, a Belgian government…
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Do low-income Americans drink more Coca-Cola than their counterparts?
Since the controversial Super Bowl commercial by Coca-Cola, there are those who contend it was a conspiracy by Coca-Cola to appeal to an emerging demographic and boost sales.
Coca-Cola knew exactly what it was doing with this commercial. It knew it…
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Will the United States be made up of more non-whites than whites by 2046?
According to Lavanya Ramanathan:
That future may not be far off. Whatever forces are working to erect walls and negate travel documents may be too late to change what is underway: Immigration and birthrate trends suggest that by 2046, the United…
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Did Nazi Germany use the German census in its targeting of minorities
From 2016 is census year! But you can stick your census in your ear, you won't get any data here
Did you know
Hitler used the German census to target minorities
Doing a brief search came across censuses created by Nazi Germany after the country…
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Is there a relative dearth of older black men in West Baltimore?
An article from CNN says about West Baltimore:
the older black men were gone.
I asked 28-year-old Zachary Lewis about the absence of older men.
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"There ain't no more 'Old Heads' anymore, where you been?
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We hear about the absence of black…
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Do 50% of the schoolchildren in Turkey have Kurdish ethnicity?
Michael Gfoeller claims in a video that despite only 20% of the present population of Turkey being Kurds, 50% of the school children in Turkey are Kurds, and that consequently:
Within a generation, Turkey will be pretty much evenly divided between…
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Does population growth stabilize when the mortality rate falls below 10 deaths per 1,000 people?
From Forbes in 2011:
In society after society, [Bill Gates] saw, when the mortality rate falls—specifically, below 10 deaths per 1,000 people—the birth rate follows, and population growth stabilizes.
Does population growth stabilize when the…
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In the UK, are young white men the most derided ethnic/gender/age group?
A month, or so, ago this YouGov study was trending on FB and attracting some controversy.
The most derided ethnic group in Britain: young white men
YouGov data from 48 separate surveys reveals that young white men are seen as the worst ethnic,…
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