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Pulled these from Newsweek's story on poverty and class.
Highest rate in juvenile detention: 5 per 1,000: Wyoming
Largest teen birthrate: 6.5%: Mississippi
Biggest unemployment rate (7%): Michigan
Lowest median household income ($31,504): West Virginia
Biggest percentage under 26 with less than a ninth-grade education (12): Kentucky
Highest proportion of kids without home computers (55%): Mississippi
Largest percentage of children in poverty (30): Louisiana
Highest infant-mortality rate (10.3 per 1,000): Loisiana & Mississippi
Biggest teen dropout rate (12%): Arizona & Louisiana
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Of course, that was down from #5 so we were very sad.
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Lowest median household income ($31,504): West Virginia
what does that even mean, though? it's awfully difficult to know what $31k can get you in WV without actually living there, but i'm willing to guess it goes a hell of a lot farther there than it would in, say, California.
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knuckles of frisco wrote:
B wrote:
Lowest median household income ($31,504): West Virginia
what does that even mean, though? it's awfully difficult to know what $31k can get you in WV without actually living there, but i'm willing to guess it goes a hell of a lot farther there than it would in, say, California.
Well, it still probably doesn't get very much, and since it's the median, half the households in the state make LESS than that amount.
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I'm suprised B would post anytype of state vs. state posts after his OSU Buckeyes embarressed themselves in their behavior with the UT folk over the weekend. Its nice the OSU fans hit an innocent 56 year old man over the head with a whiskey bottle and spit on his wife. Lots more of violence took place also.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
let the record show that Alabama was not part of any of these statistics
Is that a challenge?
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Highest proportion of kids without home computers (55%): Mississippi
for some reason I am bothered by the fact that they included this statistic at all.
I don't think a state's welfare is measured by computer-owning. Heck, why not state the percentage of kids who ride in cars without modern seatbelts or air bags or anti lock breaks or whatever?
or, for that matter, why not just tell us how many kids have the misfortune of having parents who don't own an SUV
anyway, i don't find it to be a compelling statistic when put in with the rest of those
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Already in Love wrote:
B wrote:
Highest proportion of kids without home computers (55%): Mississippi
for some reason I am bothered by the fact that they included this statistic at all.
I don't think a state's welfare is measured by computer-owning. Heck, why not state the percentage of kids who ride in cars without modern seatbelts or air bags or anti lock breaks or whatever?
or, for that matter, why not just tell us how many kids have the misfortune of having parents who don't own an SUV
anyway, i don't find it to be a compelling statistic when put in with the rest of those
I think it has more to do with the digital divide which is getting to be a new symptom of poverty.
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Already in Love wrote:
B wrote:
Highest proportion of kids without home computers (55%): Mississippi
for some reason I am bothered by the fact that they included this statistic at all.
I don't think a state's welfare is measured by computer-owning. Heck, why not state the percentage of kids who ride in cars without modern seatbelts or air bags or anti lock breaks or whatever?
or, for that matter, why not just tell us how many kids have the misfortune of having parents who don't own an SUV
anyway, i don't find it to be a compelling statistic when put in with the rest of those
I think it's relevant because these days you're probably going to be at a disadvantage if you haven't developed computer skills by the time you're done with high school.
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