Re: [tips] Who's Jews in the USA? On 19 March 2008 Stephen Black asked us to guess >Who's Jews in the USA? >And atheists. And Muslims. > Rank 'em in order of percentage of the population (no fair Googling!). > Then I'll tell you the results of the most recent survey.
Robin Abrahams responded: >A problem with this is the overlap between "Jews" and > "atheists" since you can be both--and lots of people are. >So one of the two groups is probably being underreported, > if you can only pick one answer. I don't know how my >husband, for example, would respond if asked to choose >between identifying as a Jew or an atheist. (Well, I know > exactly how he would respond .... I'm just not sure >how you could code for that.) Surely it all depends on how the question is worded. If the survey asks what is the respondent's religion, then someone of Jewish descent who is an atheist has only one answer: Atheist. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
