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- From: aaronk@county.lmt.mn.org (Aaron S. Kurland)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: iq<->religion: connection?
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 17:38:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec27.034512.22314@nmsu.edu> sdoe@nmsu.edu (Stephen Doe) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec25.161954.8588@prime.mdata.fi> iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec22.172158.11967@hsr.no> onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) writes:
- >>n>Although I think that you are right in general, I wanted to add that all (6)
- >>>the exceptionally smart people I know (IQ>125), including myself, are Christians
- >>>
- >>
- >>What if we lift the limit to 160?
- >
- >Or 200? What, are we talking about eligiblity for Mensa or something?
- >
- >SD
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- From The MENSA FAQ (note religious affiliation below):
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- * MENSA DEMOGRAPHICS (USA)
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- 64.4% male, 35.4% female (0.2% won't say)
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- 54% between 30-49 years of age, 14% under 29, 0.32% over 80
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- 31.2% in first marriage, 29.82% never married, 13.32% divorced once,
- 9.53% in second marriage after a divorce
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- Just over half have no children, 12.4% have one child, 18.66% have 2,
- 9.95% have 3, 4.37% have 4, 1.29% have 9+
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- about 30% earn $20-40,000, 10% earn $50-75,000, 9% earn $40-50,000
- and about 0.5% earn more than $250,000.
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- 17.93% Master's degree or equivalent, 17.56% four year graduates,
- one in 11 are Ph.D.s.
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- 41% work in private industry, 13% in government, 13% self employed.
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- 88% European ancestry.
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- 49% Christian, 3% Unitarian, 9% Jewish, 7% agnostic, 3.6% atheist,
- 9% no religion
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- 14% only children, 19+% older of two, 12.5% younger of two,
- 11.5% oldest of three, 6.8% middle of three, 5.8% youngest of three,
- 9.7% oldest of more than three, 10.8% middle of four or more,
- 4.4% youngest of four or more
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- Computer related occupations 10%, 3.75% own their own business,
- Electrical Engineers are 2.6%, 7.5% are in education, 3% lawyers,
- 0.11% judges, 0.02% are in astronomy.
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