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KEY STATS CHAP 12
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Sociology
Undergraduate 1
12/09/2009

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only 5 of the short 22 presidential candidates
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the short guy won
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20% less likely to be married, 10 percent more likely to live in poverty
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overweight women
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11% less likely to get married
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overweight men
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26% of american population was, and 36% in 1994
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% of people obease
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% of left-handed people
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10 percent
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71%.
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number that childhood povery exceeds adult poverty
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in 1990, 4% of the population was and now it is 13%
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65 years of age and older
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58% demand for these workers
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caregivers
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3.6 people between the ages of 20 and 64
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supported every person older than 65
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fewer than 5 percent of 65+
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percent lived in nursing homes
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70% of 75+
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lived in single-family detached homes
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80% of people when they need help
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would like to stay at home
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13% of americans 65+
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work in paid labor
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33 to 60 percent of doctors would be willing to
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perfrom enthanasia
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in 2004 25%
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of people were in the paid labor force
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83% of unemployeed
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want fultime work
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121 million a year
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top executives in silicon valley earned
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27.9% of the 1200 months of the 20th century
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we were in recession
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nearly 11 percent of workers put ___,another 11% put _____, and 8% put __
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percent of workers who put in 41 to 48 hours a week, 49-59, 60+
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1/2 of us employees feel they are
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overworked
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500 million
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the amount governmentes gave out tof taxpayers money to protect the nations savings and loans from collapse
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80% of nonagricultureal workers,
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including white-collar workers, and unionized in socialis countries
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85% of businesses
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have fewer than 20 employees
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40% of businesses
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work with less than 100
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1,341,500 employees
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walmart
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13% of total employment in the US in 2000
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manufacturing burinessess
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10% of all chinese import
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walmart
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