religion

[Rob Schaap]

No - I was right the first time.  And aren't all prebyterians (and heapsa
others) protestants, too?  Or does this just mean presbyterians are richer
than the average protestant, and, say, baptists, poorer?  The stats seem to
speak well for how the Irish and Italian immigrants have fared.  I'm sure
the 'catholic' category would have been a fair way further down 50 years
ago.

I see, too, that 'status' is actually defined - which rather detracts from
an already weak'n'bleak attempt at dry humour.

Sorry for the quota thing, Doug; correcting corrections is a very
post-intensive waste of time for all concerned.

Cheers,
Rob


>                             average     status,
>                             income        rank
>
>Unitarian                   34,800         1
>Disciples of Christ         28,800         2
>Agnostic                    33,300         3
>Congregationalist           30,400         4
>Episcopalian                33,000         5
>Eastern Orthodox            31,500         6
>Jewish                      36,700         7
>Presbyterian                29,000         8
>Hindu                       27,800         9
>NRMs                        27,500        10
>Buddhist                    28,500        11
>None                        27,300        12
>Catholic                    27,700        13
>Lutheran                    25,900        14
>Protestant                  25,700        15
>Methodist                   25,100        16
>Mormon                      25,700        17
>Churches of Christ          26,600        18
>Muslim                      24,700        19
>Assemblies of God           22,200        20
>Christian Science           25,800        21
>Evangelical                 21,900        22
>Brethren                    18,500        23
>Christian                   20,700        24
>Nazarene                    21,600        25
>Baptist                     20,600        26
>Pentacostal                 19,400        27
>7th-Day Adventist           22,700        28
>Holiness                    13,700        29
>Jehovah's Witness           20,900        30
>
>Status is a composite of four measures: income, percent with college
>degree, percent full-time year-round workers, percent homeowners.
>NRMs are New Religious Movements (Scientology, New Age, Ekankar, etc.)
>
>source: Barry A. Kosmin & Seymour P. Lachman, One Nation Under God:
>Religion in Contemporary American Society (New York: Crown/Harmony,
>1994)