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The biggest manipulation is they divide household income by the square of household size, which makes the bigger families of the 60’s seem to earn a lot less th
by Joeri 8y ago
The biggest manipulation is they divide household income by the square of household size, which makes the bigger families of the 60’s seem to earn a lot less than they did. The whole thing is based on two studies funded by the same institute based on the same biased dataset, and diving into how they get their numbers is enlightening.
- quickthrower2 8y agoStatistics people love squaring stuff! Why are they squaring the household size?
- manicdee 8y agoBecause it makes the later salary per household look better.
- darpa_escapee 8y agoSquaring explodes differences.
- burlesona 8y agoUgh, which may be completely missing the causality. I’d argue that many people are having fewer kids (smaller households) soecifically because raising them has become so expensive.