Harper’s Index

Portion of [BillClinton|Clinton] supporters who said this about [BarackObama|Obama]

Estimated portion of global [Child|births] that go undocumented

Number of [Men|men] in Madhya Pradesh, [India|India], who have undergone [Genitalia|vasectomies] this year in exchange for [Gun|gun] licenses

Chance that each entrant has of winning [Insurance|insurance] this year

Number of [Poverty|poor] [Oregon|Oregonians] who have entered the state’s [HealthCare|health-care] lottery system

Percentage change since [HurricaneKatrina|Katrina] in the number of [NewOrleans|New Orleans] residents on [Food|food] stamps and [Welfare|welfare], respectively

Percentage change since then in the amount of [Food|food] that the [FederalGovernment|federal government] has donated to the [Banking|banks]

Percentage change since last year in the number of people receiving assistance from U.S. [Food|food] [Banking|banks]

Number of assaults on the [Homelessness|homeless] in 2005 and last year, respectively

Chance that an assault on a [Homelessness|homeless] American is perpetrated by a [Child|minor]

Number of U.S. public [Education|schools] whose entire [Student|student] body remains in classes year-round

Minimum percentage that had been consumed by [Child|children] in school [Lunch|lunches]

Estimated percentage of the 143 million pounds of U.S. [Meat|beef] recalled in [February|February] that had already been eaten

Average number of cases handled each year by the U.S. government’s Mutilated [Currency|Currency] Division

Average number of $1 million stock gifts [Mendacity|made] each year by U.S. [CEO|CEOs] and chair[Men|men] to foundations they control

Portion of [BarackObama|Barack Obama] supporters who said in [April|April] they would not vote for [HillaryClinton|Hillary Clinton] if she became the nominee

Percentage of [JohnMcCain|John McCain] supporters in [March|March] 2000 who said they would not vote for George W. [GeorgeWBush|Bush]

Percentage who still said this in [October|October] 2000

Number of the last four general elections in which the nominee who served in an overseas war lost to the one who didn’t

Number of these elections in which the loser was a decorated war hero

Minimum number of [Army|U.S. Army] generals [Business|fired] or replaced for cause during [WWII|World War II]

Portion of [Afghanistan|Afghanistan] now controlled by its government, according to the U.S. national-intelligence director

Number of [Iraq|Iraqis] who receive regular payments from the U.S. government in exchange for not fighting

Number of [Senate|U.S. senators] who have paid campaign funds to [Family|family] members since 2000

Pages of [Propaganda|ads] that a company must buy each year in [Hypocrisy|Good Housekeeping] in order to win its seal of approval

Average percentage change in the company’s stock price in the month after the gifts

Number during the [Iraq|Iraq] and [Afghanistan|Afghanistan] wars combined

Percentage of independents who do

Percentage of [RepublicanParty|Republicans] and [DemocraticParty|Democrats], respectively, who believe in Hell

Factor by which spanked [Child|children] are more likely to enjoy masochistic [Sex|sex] as adults

Percentage of similarly [Wealth|wealthy] [Women|women] who do

Percentage of [AmericanMen|American men] with a net worth of at least [Wealth|$20 million] who admit to having [Prostitute|paid] for [Sex|sex]

Minimum number of [Italy|Italian] parliamentarians from Silvio Berlusconi’s party who are former [Television|TV] showgirls

Chance that a [France|French] [Men|man] aged 18 to 24 is “uninterested in [Sex|sex],‚” according to a government study

Average number of inches by which entrepreneurs in [China|China] are taller than normal for their demographic

Average annual per-capita income in the three other than the United States

Number of nations that do not legally guarantee [Women|women] any paid maternity leave

Number of couples [Marriage|married] in absentia in [Montana|Montana] last year

Estimated portion of global [Death|deaths]