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lumberjack_jeff

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7. Society

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Original post)

Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:27 PM

Jan 2012

Men are a minority of the population, roughly 49%.
Men are a minority of voters, about 46% of registered voters are men.

[font color="blue" face=courier size=4]Wealth[/font]
http://www.pbs.org/ttc/headlines_economics_philanthropy.html

* 76% of Americans believe that men control more wealth than women. But a new survey of Federal Reserve Board data reveals that women actually control 51.3% of personal wealth in the United States.

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Economy lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #1

It seems in the 1 percent, this reverses. caseymoz Mar 2013 #15

the thing is shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #16

Health Care lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #2

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Justice lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #4

Institutional discrimination lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #5

Education lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #6

Society lumberjack_jeff Jan 2012 #7

Society: women make 85% of all consumer purchases lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #8

Do they count joint purchases as being made by women? shawn703 May 2012 #9

That is my understanding, yes. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #10

Those statistics sound a little fishy. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #11

I would prefer a primary source too. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #12

Check with Marketing websites craichead65 Oct 2012 #13

Even the post is 5 months old Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #14