27 Statistics That May Surprise You
The world may not be the way it was explained to you. Here are twenty six studies and articles that may surprise you and question the way you think.
Economics
Studies show 3 simple steps to stay out of poverty: get a diploma, get any job, wait until 21 married to have kids:
http://federalsafetynet.com/articles-on-poverty/a-98-proof-plan-to-stay-out-of-poverty1
Each 1% rise in unemployment leads to 37,000 deaths
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/unemployment-reduces-life-expectancy
Only 12% of millionaires inherit their wealth
https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/on-retirement/articles/7-myths-about-millionaires
70% of Americans trust non profits more than the government
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/international/2010/11/11/faith-hope-and-charities
Married sex reduces poverty:
https://ifstudies.org/blog/married-parents-one-way-to-reduce-child-poverty
Sex
Married couples happier than everyone else:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/married-couples-are-happier-than-everyone-else-especially-in-middle-age-2019-05-23
Married couples have a lot more sex:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/want-more-and-better-sex-get-married-and-stay-married_b_5967b618e4b022bb9372aff2
Homosexuals are more than four times more likely to try to kill themselves:
https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/preventing-suicide/facts-about-suicide/
No gay Gene:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/30/health/gay-gene-study-trnd/index.html
41% of transgenders have attempted suicide:
https://www.hrc.org/blog/new-study-reveals-shocking-rates-of-attempted-suicide-among-trans-adolescen
Athiesm
Atheists think other athiests are immoral:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/07/anti-atheist-prejudice-secularity
Most athiests believe supernatural activity is real:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2204958-most-atheists-believe-in-the-supernatural-despite-trusting-science/
Capital punishment
Drexel University study found 18 fewer murders for each execution:
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/how-the-death-penalty-saves-lives
Brain Damage
Marijuana leads to brain damage:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/chronic-pot-use-may-have-serious-effects-brain-experts-say-n924441
Porn leads to brain damage:
https://www.provenmen.org/porn-damages-brain/
Cities (where people vote for Democrats) have much higher rates of mental illness:
https://www.urbandesignmentalhealth.com/how-the-city-affects-mental-health.html
Liberalism more associated with psychoticism:
http://nypost.com/2016/06/09/science-says-liberal-beliefs-are-linked-to-pyschotic-traits/
America
Immigrants are over 3.5 times more likely to want to move to the US than any other location:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/11/these-are-the-countries-migrants-want-to-move-to/
Washington Post says most immigrants want to move to the US:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/03/22/a-revealing-map-of-who-wants-to-move-to-the-u-s/
Infographic showing US has highest household income:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/550823/how-rich-us-compared-rest-world-visualized
Germany has a higher percentage under the poverty line:
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Germany/United-States/Economy
Christians
Evangelical Christians give four times the national average to charity:
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/evangelicals-give-more-to-charity-study-finds.html
Baylor study showing men who attend church regularly are 72% less likely to abuse their partners:
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1077801207308259
Married Christians happier than other married couples:
https://ifstudies.org/blog/faith-and-marriage-better-together
Study showing religious people are less likely to commit suicide:
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2303
Religious people are happier:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/31/are-religious-people-happier-healthier-our-new-global-study-explores-this-question/
Abortion
Abortion workers admit the unborn feel pain:
https://mindmatters.ai/2020/01/abortion-advocate-admits-in-a-medical-journal-that-unborn-children-feel-pain/?fbclid=IwAR2lEug8k1TUOhHj146Ckv5TDHw32ceiRHLZEOZz5kn5c-_wE3On-8bXND0
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