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You answered 12 of 12 questions correctly.
See below to review your responses and compare results with a nationally representative sample of 1,002 adults who took part in our survey. For more findings from the survey, read "From ISIS to Unemployment: What Do Americans Know?" You scored better than 99% of the public and the same as 1%.
I noticed that the only question that females beat males in answering was in regards to minimum wage.
I'm guessing that has to do with the wage gap and possibly more women working for minimum wage.
Uneducated men can generally exceed the minimum wage level due to physical labor jobs in industries like construction. That's much harder to do for women.
Most times I see mention of the "wage gap" it's due to unfair comparison more than unfair wages.
Every year Pew Research conducts a survey of Americans it calls 'What do Americans know?" The last survey was in Sept 2014. It is 12 multiple choice questions on current events. You can take the same quiz at the above link. Take it, and let us know how you scored. I got 12 of 12 right, but one was an educated guess. Another I got right mainly by elimination--I knew that three of the choices were wildly wrong, so I went with the fourth choice.
At the end of the quiz they ask for some demographic info, and then give you a breakdown of how various demos performed on the quiz. There is also a link to the original survey that is worth looking at.
I got 11/12. . .top 97%. .missed Who is the current chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board?
According to the pew results, only 1% of the public got 12/12 correct and only 3% got 11/12 correct.
Yet here on CD, of the 25 people that told us their score so far:
9 people got 12/12 (36%)
14 people got 11/12 (56%)
2 people got 10/12 (8%)
Either, we have some brainiacs here on CD, or people aren't admitting their true scores, or people who got lower scores are not commenting at all.
I scored 12/12, and I reported my score. If had scored 6/12, I doubt I would have posted it.
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