The stat I am very interested in

[BlueK]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I would like to know what % of girls in the church that go on to get an advanced degree, are active in the church at age 35.

Versus the men that get an advanced degree.

I bet the % of women is much, much lower, whom are active.

A lot of bright, highly educated people here. Very few wives with advanced degrees.

My wife is a health care professional with a masters degree. She's not over 35 though.

[exUte]

Originally Posted by creekster

My wife has a graduate degree and works.

and is Stake RS President. Wonder where that puts her?

An intelligent lemming?

[Coonass]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I would like to know what % of girls in the church that go on to get an advanced degree, are active in the church at age 35.

Versus the men that get an advanced degree.

I bet the % of women is much, much lower, whom are active.

A lot of bright, highly educated people here. Very few wives with advanced degrees.

Here, here to women with advanced degrees. They're much more interesting to be around. Damn the torpedoes full speed ahead.

[Solon]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I would like to know what % of girls in the church that go on to get an advanced degree, are active in the church at age 35.

Versus the men that get an advanced degree.

I bet the % of women is much, much lower, whom are active.

A lot of bright, highly educated people here. Very few wives with advanced degrees.

I think this query is just going to get a lot of anecdotal "my wife has degree X and still goes to church" from this bunch - the educated, professional types who have the wherewithal to frequent an internet message site, who are more likely to be married to educated professional types. The most common scenario in my university-oriented congregation is: met at the BYU, one or two kids as undergraduates, dad getting advanced degree, mom staying home with Jack and Jill, poor as hell (until dad finishes).

I would be very interested in overall stats for all of North America LDS as well.

PS - my wife has a MS from the BYU, and is getting her PhD. She's kickass.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Solon

I think this query is just going to get a lot of anecdotal "my wife has degree X and still goes to church" from this bunch - the educated, professional types who have the wherewithal to frequent an internet message site, who are more likely to be married to educated professional types. The most common scenario in my university-oriented congregation is: met at the BYU, one or two kids as undergraduates, dad getting advanced degree, mom staying home with Jack and Jill, poor as hell (until dad finishes).

I would be very interested in overall stats for all of North America LDS as well.

PS - my wife has a MS from the BYU, and is getting her PhD. She's kickass.

So what are you going to do when you both can't get this tiny niche academic jobs in the same town?

[Levin]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

So what are you going to do when you both can't get this tiny niche academic jobs in the same town?

Solon will follow his wife to her place of employment and get a job at the local deli.

[Solon]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

So what are you going to do when you both can't get this tiny niche academic jobs in the same town?

We never plan to have both of us work full-time. We'd rather be less well off and spend more time with each other and our kid(s). So, one of us will try to nail down a tenure-track position, and the other will try to teach adjunct either at the same school or something nearby. Since I'll probably finish first and my degree (history) is much less desirable, I'll look for work first. My wife will always be able to get work - she teaches math and math education. Every university in America is screaming for more math teachers, and there's a pretty dire shortage of math ed. people right now. She's the backup plan, though, since she's not really interested in ending up at a big research university (too bad, since it pays very well and she's good at it).

[Solon]

Originally Posted by Levin

Solon will follow his wife to her place of employment and get a job at the local deli.

Only if I'm lucky.

Levin, I'll butter your bread anytime.

[SeattleUte]

CG is not the LDS mainstream, even though some people here try to perpetuate that canard.

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

CG is not the LDS mainstream, even though some people here try to perpetuate that canard.

cg IS the new LDS mainstream.

Seattle's caricature represents the old FLDS mainstream.

I'm trying to count how many of our members' wives have advanced degrees. Of the bishopric, two of three have advanced degrees, and I would venture that fifty percent of the ward have advanced degrees with seventy percent of the women and wives having demanding professions. We have accountants, educators, attorneys, counselors, administrators among our women, and our ward is quite average and common.