Atheists & Agnostics

4th

(453 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2025, 10:49 PM Feb 2025

The Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having More Kids

The Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having More Kids
https://religionunplugged.com/news/2021/10/4/the-future-of-american-religion-birth-rates-show-whos-having-more-kids

Story at link, but here's the bar graph.

Natural selection?

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The Future Of American Religion: Birth Rates Show Who's Having More Kids (Original Post) 4th Feb 2025 OP

Doesn't matter Nigrum Cattus Feb 2025 #1

I see that as only GOOD news Skittles Feb 2025 #2

How does one have only have mwmisses4289 Feb 2025 #3

It's an average. you divide the total number of children reported by the number of people you asked muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 #4

No rounding up or down? mwmisses4289 Mar 2025 #5

If you rounded up or down like that, you'd lose the information you want muriel_volestrangler Mar 2025 #6

Should I start addressing one of my sons as "point 88?" NNadir Apr 2025 #7

Nigrum Cattus

(1,355 posts)

1. Doesn't matter

Reply to 4th (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2025, 11:48 PM

Feb 2025

The fastest growing "belief" system in the U.S. is agnostics & atheists.
Also, there is a ever growing percentage of Americans that are "losing"
their faith.

Skittles

(172,841 posts)

2. I see that as only GOOD news

Reply to Nigrum Cattus (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:25 AM

Feb 2025

STOP THE GROOMING

mwmisses4289

(4,711 posts)

3. How does one have only have

Reply to 4th (Original post)

Tue Feb 25, 2025, 01:22 AM

Feb 2025

2.8 kids? Or 1.61? People have 1 or two kids, not #point whatever. Unless maybe they are counting someone who is pregnant? Then the point whatever number could be translated as family with one (2, 3 etc.) Child and another on the way.
This has always driven me crazy.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,590 posts)

4. It's an average. you divide the total number of children reported by the number of people you asked

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 4, 2025, 06:21 PM

Mar 2025

So if you ask 100 people, and between them they say they have 161 children, the average is 1.61.

mwmisses4289

(4,711 posts)

5. No rounding up or down?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 4, 2025, 11:55 PM

Mar 2025

1.61 round up to 2.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,590 posts)

6. If you rounded up or down like that, you'd lose the information you want

Reply to mwmisses4289 (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 5, 2025, 05:05 AM

Mar 2025

The point is to know if if's a bit over 2, a lot over 2, a bit under 2, or a lot under 2.

NNadir

(38,532 posts)

7. Should I start addressing one of my sons as "point 88?"

Reply to 4th (Original post)

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 06:11 AM

Apr 2025

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