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[ March 2006 ]

Harper’s Index

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Percentage of Americans who believe that [China|China] will be stronger than the [UnitedStates|U.S.] in a decade

: 42
March 2006 • Source: Harris Interactive (Rochester, N.Y.)

Miles from [Berlin|Berlin’s] [Soccer|World Cup] stadium that a four-story [Prostitute|brothel] has recently opened

: 2
March 2006 • Source: FKK-Saunaclub Artemis (Berlin)

Percentage change since [1990s|1992] in the number of [War|civil wars] worldwide claiming more than a thousand lives

: ???80
March 2006 • Source: Human Security Centre (Vancouver)

Chance that a nation lacking resource [Wealth|wealth] will have a [War|civil war] in any given five-year span

: 1 in 100
March 2006 • Source: Paul Collier, Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, England)

Chance that a nation with resource [Wealth|wealth] will

: 1 in 5
March 2006 • Source: Paul Collier, Centre for the Study of African Economies (Oxford, England)

Number of [Weapons|weapons] that have been turned into tools for [Africa|African] [Agriculture|farmers] by a [Britain|British] nonprofit since 2001

: 2,200
March 2006 • Source: APT Enterprise Development (Moreton-in-Marsh, England)

Number of [Agriculture|farm implements] that a [WMD|rocket launcher] yields

: 5
March 2006 • Source: APT Enterprise Development (Moreton-in-Marsh, England)

Average percentage decline in U.K. [Child|child] injuries during weekends when a new [HarryPotter|Harry Potter] [Literature|book] is released

: ???46
March 2006 • Source: Stephen Gwilym, John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford, England)

Number of [Literature|books] published in [Britain|Britain] since 2004 that have “shit,‚” “shite,‚” or “ [Profanity|crap] ‚” in their titles

: 23
March 2006 • Source: _Harper's _research

Percentage change since [1990s|1995] in the number of U.S. fantasy [Literature|books] about [Superstition|dragons]

: +91
March 2006 • Source: Locus Magazine (Oakland)

Minimum number of registered [SexualAssault|sex offenders] who evacuated during [HurricaneKatrina|Hurricane Katrina] and cannot be accounted for

: 2,000
March 2006 • Source: U.S. Administration for Children and Families

Number of copies [Business|sold] in [Japan|Japan] since last [Summer|summer] of a [Literature|comic book] about the worthlessness of [China|China]

: 180,000
March 2006 • Source: Asuka Shinsha (Tokyo)

Number of copies [Business|sold] of a similar comic [Literature|book] about [SouthKorea|Korea]

: 370,000
March 2006 • Source: Shinyusha (Tokyo)

Chances that a [Japan|Japanese] person will make eye contact during conversation with another Japanese person

: 2 in 5
March 2006 • Source: Karl MacDorman, Indiana University School of Informatics (Indianapolis)

Chances that he or she will make eye contact during conversation with a [Technology|robot]

: 3 in 5
March 2006 • Source: Karl MacDorman, Indiana University School of Informatics (Indianapolis)

Amount paid in [January|January] for one of [Entertainment|William Shatner’s] kidney stones

: $25,000
March 2006 • Source: GoldenPalace.com (Kahnawake, Quebec)

Amount paid last [Fall|fall] for a [Ford|Ford Escort] [Driving|driven] by [JohnPaulII|Pope John Paul II]

: $680,000
March 2006 • Source: Kruse International (Auburn, Ind.)

Number of U.S. states whose [Constitution|constitutions] require that public officials believe in a [Superstition|supreme being]

: 4
March 2006 • Source: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (Kingston)

Number of the 193 “ [Folly|laughing episodes] ‚” during [SupremeCourt|Supreme Court] arguments last term that were caused by [AntoninScalia|Antonin Scalia]

: 77
March 2006 • Source: Jay D. Wexler, Boston University School of Law

Number caused by [ClarenceThomas|Clarence Thomas]

: 0
March 2006 • Source: Jay D. Wexler, Boston University School of Law

Number of [SuicideBombing|suicide bombings] known to have been carried out by [Iran|Iranians]

: 0
March 2006 • Source: Robert Pape, University of Chicago

Number of these that are in [Texas|Texas]

: 10
March 2006 • Source: Prison Policy Initiative (Northampton, Mass.)

Portion of [NewYork|New York] [Senate|Senate] districts that would not meet the minimum population level without their [Prison|inmates]

: 1/9
March 2006 • Source: Prison Policy Initiative (Northampton, Mass.)

Percentage of [Congress|U.S. House] contests in 2004 that were decided by fewer than 10 percentage points

: 5
March 2006 • Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Percentage of districts in [1970s|1972] that chose one party for President and another for the House

: 44
March 2006 • Source: The Brookings Institution (Washington)

Percentage that did in 2004

: 14
March 2006 • Source: American Enterprise Institute (Washington)

Percentage of [DemocraticParty|Democrats] and [RepublicanParty|Republicans], respectively, who say the [Iraq|Iraq] war was “worth fighting‚”

: 4, 84
March 2006 • Source: M.I.T. Public Opinion Research Training Lab (Cambridge, Mass.)

Total projected cost of the [Iraq|war] per U.S. household, based on a [January|January] estimate

: $19,600
March 2006 • Source: Joseph Stiglitz, Columbia University (N.Y.C.)

Amount that one of [SaddamHussein|Saddam Hussein’s] [Fashion|military uniforms] [Business|sold] for at auction in [December|December]

: $16,000
March 2006 • Source: Manion's International Auction House (Kansas City, Kans.)

Monthly fee that [Entertainment|Court TV] is charging for live [Internet|Internet] coverage of his trial

: $5.95
March 2006 • Source: Court TV (N.Y.C.)

Number of U.S. counties where more than a fifth of “residents‚” are [Prison|prison] inmates

: 21
March 2006 • Source: Prison Policy Initiative (Northampton, Mass.)

Minimum number of times that [Slavery|Frederick Douglass] was beaten in what is now [DonaldRumsfeld|Donald Rumsfeld] ’s vacation home

: 25
March 2006 • Source: Harper's research

Percentage of [AfricanAmerican|African-American] families that have [Poverty|zero or negative net worth]

: 31
March 2006 • Source: Edward N. Wolff, New York University

Chance that the [Family|family] of an [AfricanAmerican|African-American] [Child|child] is too [Poverty|poor] to qualify for the full U.S. child [Taxes|tax] credit

: 1 in 2
March 2006 • Source: Tax Policy Center (Washington)

Percentage change in the amount of housework done by [Women|women] after they [Marriage|marry] for the first time

: +17
March 2006 • Source: Sanjiv Gupta, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Percentage change in the amount done by [Men|men]

: ???33
March 2006 • Source: Sanjiv Gupta, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Rank of 2004 among years when the most U.S. [Child|babies] were born out of [Marriage|wedlock]

: 1
March 2006 • Source: National Center for Health Statistics (Hyattsville, Md.)

Number of [Family|half-siblings] who have found each other on a [Telecommunications|website] for [Child|children] of anonymous [Sperm|sperm] donors

: 1,316
March 2006 • Source: Donor Sibling Registry (Nederland, Colo.)

Greatest number of them who have the same [Fatherhood|father]

: 21
March 2006 • Source: Donor Sibling Registry (Nederland, Colo.)
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