Character Gauge

[LynnDel]

That is interesting - is it based on actual statistics?

What magnet is referred to in the bottom figure?

LD

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

Interesting...

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

The image is a magnet for sale online... I thought the concept of comparing the charitable contributions, church attendance and homicides was interesting as a type of measurement. I can't read underneath the image where it supposedly gives the reference to the stats. I'm not convinced it's accurate. From what I recall, the UK doesn't have a very high church attendance rate...

[cricket]

On another website it reads, "Based on data from NationMaster"

[BobRyan]

Interesting...

All of the EU combined - is 50% larger than the entire US.

And yet you are comparing a "selective nation state" in the EU to ALL of the US for "quantity".

Interesting.

Maybe you are doing that for "effect".

in Christ,

Bob

[Bravus]

I'd assume the stats used are per capita, otherwise it makes no sense at all.

If time permits might run it down myself.

[BobRyan]

The first column says it is per capita - -- the other two columns don't.

Interesting.

[Bravus]

I get the following, from Wikipedia for the murders:

Nation | Charity | Murder (per 100,000)

Denmark | | 0.9

Norway | | 0.6

Britain | | 1.2

Switzerland | | 0.7

Canada | | 1.6

Japan | | 0.3

Australia | | 1.0

Spain | | 0.8

United States | | 4.2

Got to feed the dog and go shopping for curtains now, but will try to come back with the charity stats later.

FWIW, the graphic is not far off for the homicide rates, adjusted for population size.

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

Originally Posted By: rudywoofs

Interesting...

All of the EU combined - is 50% larger than the entire US.

And yet you are comparing a "selective nation state" in the EU to ALL of the US for "quantity".

Interesting.

Maybe you are doing that for "effect".

in Christ,

Bob

Bob, I didn't *do* anything. What's *really* your issue?

[Bravus]

The 'World Giving Index' is a self-report measure, so I haven't used its figures.

Beyond that, it's really difficult to find the numbers. National foreign aid is complex because the US includes a lot of military aid in those numbers.

Many studies suggest that American individuals are very generous in charitable giving, but those numbers are also made complex because they often include giving to their churches, some of which is charitable while other parts are devoted to supporting services for members and to evangelism (neither of which I'm saying are bad things, just not charity).

The upshot is that the graphic may not be accurate on this, but I'm struggling to find good stats. Would be delighted if someone else can.

[BobRyan]

I get the following, from Wikipedia for the murders:

Nation | Charity | Murder (per 100,000)

Denmark | | 0.9

Norway | | 0.6

Britain | | 1.2

Switzerland | | 0.7

Canada | | 1.6

Japan | | 0.3

Australia | | 1.0

Spain | | 0.8

United States | | 4.2

Got to feed the dog and go shopping for curtains now, but will try to come back with the charity stats later.

FWIW, the graphic is not far off for the homicide rates, adjusted for population size.

Interesting.

so ... Denmark is about the same size in population as ... Minnesota (1.4 per 100,000).

[Gerr]

Here is something to consider as a possibility as to why they may be more generous. Most Western European nations have security from the cradle to the grave. They don't have to worry about the tremendous cost of health insurance, etc. Middle class Americans have to worry about health insurance, education for their children, etc. and have less left over? Also we have prostituted our liberties so as to foster a culture of me, me, me, and self-indulgence. There was an ad a few years back that said - "Get all the gusto you can."

[cricket]

The upshot is that the graphic may not be accurate on this, but I'm struggling to find good stats. Would be delighted if someone else can.

Try the stats at NationMaster. That's what the picture is based on.

[Bravus]

Yeah, I did look quite a bit, but as far as I could see Nationmaster had no 'individual charitable giving' statistic. There were things on foreign aid and a few others, but nothing that seemed to correspond to the thing represented in the graphic.