> Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers Wow, what an entertaining read! Now that I've had my verbal version of a comic strip, here are some things that really make that "study" as useful as 200' of gig line:
1. This was, "A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider." So they only pulled credit card receipts from one source, not multiple. 2. The statement that "conservatives are the biggest consumers" is based on a section that begins with the following text: Subscriptions and Conservative Positions on Religion, Gender Roles, and Sexuality (difference, in subscriptions per thousand broadband households, between a hypothetical state where all residents disagree with the quote versus one where all residents agree with the statement) Even today miracles are performed by the power of God. 2.74 (p = 0.002) I never doubt the existence of God. 2.74 (p = 0.004) Prayer is an important part of my daily life. 1.82 (p = 0.153) I have old-fashioned values about family and marriage. 3.60 (p = 0.004) AIDS might be Gods punishment for immoral sexual behavior. 3.56 (p = 0.009) Note: These coefficients come from ordinary least squares regressions using subscriptions (as a proportion of broadband households) for the dependent variable and Pew survey responses with the listed questions as the independent variables. I code completely agree and mostly agree as endorsement of the corresponding quotations. Would someone please explain to me the parenthetical text at the top of the table? These are numbers from a hypothetical state? 3. The conclusion kills the whole thing: On the whole, these adult entertainment subscription patterns show a remarkable consistency: all but eleven states have between two and three subscribers to this service per thousand broadband households, and all but four have between 1.5 and 3.5. With interest in online adult entertainment relatively constant across regions, theres little sign of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
