UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Poverty in the U.S.A.

• Number of people who live in poverty in the U.S. = 40 million 
• Percentage of the people in U.S. who live in poverty = 12% 
• Poverty line in the U.S. in 2018 = $25,100/yr for family of 4 
• Wealthiest states = New Jersey and Maryland 
• Poorest states = New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi 
• Percentage of poor people in Mississippi = 20% 
• Percentage of poor people in New Hampshire = 7.7% 
• Percentage of poor people in West Virginia = 19.1% 
• Percentage of poor people who live in Virginia = 10.6% 
• Percentage of African Americans living in poverty in U.S = 21.2 % 
• Percentage of Caucasians living in poverty in U.S. = 8.7%

 

Unitian Univeralists convenant together to affirm and promote justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.

Finding ways to addressing and ameliorating the poverty in our country, in our states, in our communities is one of the programs of UU A Way Of Life ministries. The first effort is to educate and raise awareness so the problems of poverty can be recognized, acknowledged, and managed.

UU Way Of Life ministries index - Ratio of older males to females

• Number of males compared to females in population in the U.S. 65 - 74 - 89:100
• 85 and older - 53:100

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UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of Americans who support arming teachers

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• Percentage of Americans in March, 2018 who support proposal to arm teachers - 44%
• Percentage who oppose the proposal - 50%
• Percentage of Republicans who support proposal - 68%
• Percentage of Democrats against the proposal - 74%

Source: CBS News as reported in The Week, March 9, 2018

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of Americans sho favor stricter gun control

• Percentage of of Americans in October, 2018  favor stricter gun control - 61%, 
• Percentage of Americans in March, 2017 after Parkland School shooting who favored stricter gun control - 67% 
• Percentage 87% of Democrats in October, 2018 - 87%
• Percentage of Republicans in October, 2018 - 31%
• Percentage of Americans support a handgun ban - 28%

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UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of Americans who favor a ban on assault rifles

• Percentage of Americans who oppose banning assualt rifles - 57%
• Percentage of Americans who favor a ban - 40%
• Percentage of Democrats who favor a ban = 56%
• Percentage of Republicans who favor a ban - 25%
• Percentage of Unitarian Universalists who favor a ban -?

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UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Support for death penalty in the U.S.

• percentage of Americans who say capital punishment generally applied fairly in U.S.- 49% a new low
• percentage who say death penalty imposed too often - 29% a new high
• percentage who support the death penalty - 56%, which is lower than in recent decades

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UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of Americans who support legalizing marijuana

Percentage of Americans who now (October, 2018) support the legalization of marijuana = 66%
Percentage of Republicans = 53%
Percentage of Indepdendents = 71%
Percentage of Democrats = 75%
Percentage of Unitarian Universalists = ?

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UU AWOL ministries index - Percentage of U.S. Adults aware of social media bots - 66%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Should the U.S. be open to people all over the world?

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of people who blame bloggers and independent journalists for "fake news."

• Percentage of Nones who blame "fake news on bloggers and independent journalists = 12%
• Percentage of Democrats = 11%
• Percentage of all adults = 9%
• Percentage of Republicans = 8%
• Percentage of Evangelicals = 1%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of people who blame "fake news" on "conservative media."

• Percentage of Nones who blame "fake news" on conservative media = 22%
• Precentage of Democrats = 20%
• Percentage of all adults = 13%
• Percentage of Republicans = 6%
• Percentage of Evangelicals = 2%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of people who blame "liberal media" for "fake news."

• Percentage of Eangelicals who say mainstream liberal media is responsible for "fake news" = 51%
• Percentage of Republicans = 46%
• Percantage of all adults = 24%
• Percentage of Nones = 14%
• Percentage of Democrats = 11%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Percentage of people who blame social media for "fake news."

• Percentage of all adults who say "fake news" is the result of misinterpretation/exaggeration of actual news on social media = 31%
• Percentage of Democrats = 35%
• Percentage of Republicans  = 21%
• Percentage of Evangelicals = 25%
• Percentage on Nones = 33%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Trusted news sources

• Percentage of Americans who say they trust  their news from TV = 69%
• Local newspapers = 50%
• National newspapers = 44%
• Internet searches = 44%
• Online news/content sources = 42%
• Social media news = 34%
• Magazines = 25%
• None of the above = 10%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - Civics literacy of born American citizens

• Percentage of Americans of born citizens able to pass a multiple choice test required of people applying for naturalized citizenship = 33%
• Percentage of born American citizens who know when the constitution was ratified = 13%
• Percentage of born American citizens who could not identify the countries the U.S. fought in WW II = 60%
• Percentage of born American citizens who didn't know the number of justices on the Supreme Court = 57%

UU A Way Of Life ministries index - No donkey rides any more for obese people on Santorini

• Weight over which the Greek government banned donkeys having to give obese tourists rides down mountains on the Island of Santorini after pressure campaign by animal rights activists = 220 lbs.

UU A Way Of Life Ministries index - Khris Davis' batting average for four consecutive seasons

• Batting average for Khris Davis of the Oakland Athletics professional baseball team in 2018 = .247
• In 2017 = .247
• In 2016 = .247
• In 2015 = .247

UU A Way Of Life Ministries Index - Where do Americans get their news in 2017?

• Percentage of Americans who report that they get their news from internet web sites = 33%
• Mobile or smartphone = 24%
• Social media websites = 20%
• Cable TV = 14%
• Network TV = 12%
• Radio = 8%
• Books = 4%
• Newspapers = 4%
• Magazines = 3%
• eBooks = 3%

UUAWOL ministries index - Robocalls in the U.S.

• Number of robocalls made to American phones in the first four months of 2018  = 12 billion
• Number of robocalls made to American phones every hour = 4 million
• Cost of robocalls to marketers per year = $438 million
• Revenue those calls generate per year = 10 billion
• Number of calls average person gets per day = 3-4

UUAWOL ministries index - Rate of bankruptcies in U.S. for people over 65

• Rate of bankruptcy in U.S. for people over 65 in last 25 years = 2x
• Rate of bankruptcy in U.S. in 1991 for people over 65 = 1.2/1000
• Rate of bankruptcy in U.S. in 2016 for people over 65 = 3.6/1000
• Percentage of all bankruptcies in U.S. in 2016 for people over 65 = 12%
• Percentage of all bankruptcies in U.S. in 1991 for people over 65 = 2%