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Interesting Stats on LDS and Jehovah’s Witnesses.

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I recently came across an article in The Salt Lake Tribune in which the author highlighted some statistics about members from the LDS church that came from Pew’s U.S. Religious Landscape in 2007 .  I wanted to mention some of the stats that I found interesting:

LDS:
1. The Latter-Day Saints (LDS) are less likely to home school or attend religious schools than the general public.
2. LDS (83%) and Hindus (90%) are the most likely to be married to someone of the same faith.
3. 90% of LDS are Anglo in the U.S.
4. LDS converts tend to be less educated and earn lower incomes than lifelong LDS.
5. 57% of LDS say that their faith is the one true faith while 39% of LDS disagree with this statement.

LDS and JW comparison:
1. LDS make up 1.7% of US population and JW make up .7% of the population.
2. 26% of LDS are converts while 67% of JW are converts.
3. 70% of those raised LDS remain in the church while only 37% of those raised JW remain in the faith.