Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 07-09-2013, 09:58 AM
 
10,092 posts, read 8,201,427 times
Reputation: 3411

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lilac110 View Post
The more educated one is, the less likely one is to have a lot of kids, and by and large, whites are still the most highly educated group in this country. Conversely, the less educated one is, the more likely one is to have a gaggle of kids. Look at poor whites in the South.

And I'm sure this is going to sound really, really un-PC, but so be it. It's the truth. It has more to do with education than race. If other groups were as highly educated, on the whole, as whites, they wouldn't be having as many kids, either.
You nailed this.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 07-09-2013, 10:37 AM
 
56,988 posts, read 35,179,016 times
Reputation: 18824
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lilac110 View Post
The more educated one is, the less likely one is to have a lot of kids, and by and large, whites are still the most highly educated group in this country. Conversely, the less educated one is, the more likely one is to have a gaggle of kids. Look at poor whites in the South.

And I'm sure this is going to sound really, really un-PC, but so be it. It's the truth. It has more to do with education than race. If other groups were as highly educated, on the whole, as whites, they wouldn't be having as many kids, either.
There is something subtantial in this post. Sounds spot on.

I would be interested however in a breakdown of educated whites that are devout Christians. I'd bet that their childbirth numbers are much higher than non religious educated whites.

Something tells me that religion plays a larger role in this than people are willing to admit. Probably not as much a factor as education, but I doubt that it's subordinate to no more than a few other major factors.

Mormon families seem to crank out the kids, and they have a pretty high percentage of educated people as a whole. Or at least it seems that way.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-09-2013, 10:43 AM
 
Location: California
1,027 posts, read 1,377,931 times
Reputation: 844
Quote:
Originally Posted by Marv101 View Post
Birth rates throughout Europe as well as the USA have been sinking for several years, and the replacement rate in California (1.7%) spells disaster for the free spenders in Sacramento sooner than they think, judging by the fact that over 3,500,000 people have left the state over the past two decades, and are choosing to have kids in states such as UT, TX, TN, NC, OK & other states where the pursuit of the American dream hasn't been destroyed as it has in California.
Thread on birthrates = perfect opportunity to find away to bash on democrats now matter unrelated California politics is to the discussion at hand.

Definition of Obsession: an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-09-2013, 10:43 AM
 
Location: USA
30,996 posts, read 22,045,160 times
Reputation: 19059
Quote:
Originally Posted by desertdetroiter View Post
There is something subtantial in this post. Sounds spot on.

I would be interested however in a breakdown of educated whites that are devout Christians. I'd bet that their childbirth numbers are much higher than non religious educated whites.

Mormon families seem to crank out the kids, and they have a pretty high percentage of educated people as a whole. Or at least it seems that way.
My company is comprised of an unusually high percentage of Mormons (Compared to the general population) that would fit that category. Mormons are kind of an anomoly though, compared with the Christian population as a whole.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 07-09-2013, 12:53 PM
 
56,988 posts, read 35,179,016 times
Reputation: 18824
Quote:
Originally Posted by LS Jaun View Post
My company is comprised of an unusually high percentage of Mormons (Compared to the general population) that would fit that category. Mormons are kind of an anomoly though, compared with the Christian population as a whole.
Would they be all that different from devout Evangelicals?

I don't have the data, but it wouldn't seem like it.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:57 AM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top