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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 2h \ on: Percent of Americans that never married, 1880-2023 charts_and_numbers
for white non-hispanics
I can't get over the fact that race is still making it into so many of our stats. If we want to end both racism and DEI, perhaps we ought to find better metrics.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 1h
I think people would love to, but haven't been able to. Race is a statistically significant predictor, even after controlling for things like income, education, etc, in many sociological studies. It probably proxies for cultures and values that are difficult to observe through other means.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1h
The problem is that if your metrics discriminate, any policies made as a result of the metric will discriminate too.
Does it matter what someone's race is when you measure non-marriage as a "Percent of Americans" as the title implies?
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