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Is this a misleading/attention grabbing headline, or does TFA just do a poor job of describing the data? Based on some quick googling about 29% of the NY popul
by Merad 4y ago
Is this a misleading/attention grabbing headline, or does TFA just do a poor job of describing the data? Based on some quick googling about 29% of the NY population is age 21 or younger, and 13% is 65 or older. That's 42% of the population that I wouldn't really expect to be earning a living wage. You still end up with a third of working age adults who aren't making a living wage (~60% of the population is working age, ~40% of the population makes a living wage). At first glance that still seems like a shocking number, but if you start thinking about the numbers of stay at home parents, people on disability, part time workers, etc. it has to trim the number down quite a bit. What really seems to be missing is intent, i.e. how many people are working in a job where they don't really expect a living wage?