Posted by:
commonsense
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Date: June 14, 2011 12:07AM
An interesting academic paper that was published in the 1990s. At that time, members were generally very generous in what they considered to be tithable income.
From other sources, I understand the Church has a department called R.I.D. where they conduct all types of statistical analyses. You better belive it that some or many church policies are in part crafted based on reliabile statisics. I think the Church crafts policies in part that give them the largest revenue stream possible.
http://www.suu.edu/faculty/tufte/Tithing_and_Asset_Prices/Dahl_and_Ransom.pdfI found some interesting observations:
"Respondents who have served a mission, participate in
church social events, hold a volunteer calling,
and attend church regularly define the income
base to include almost twice as many income
items on average compared to less involved
member"
"In addition, Latter-Day Saints with
more children, who discuss which items to tithe
with their spouse, and who are in the lowest family
income group have significantly higher generosity-
index scores on average."