Shocking until you remember that more and more people attend college, so "less than BA" represents smaller and smaller left tail.https://twitter.com/ZachWahls/status/910282384297349120 …
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It's definitely the case, BA rate went from like 12% to 40% or something in the last 50 years.
It's *also* true that the white mortality rate is increasing slightly. But this makes it look staggeringly worse than it is.
I doubt that the degree rate for 60+s has increased that much, and yet there they are
Pardon my continued inability to read a chart, mid-40s seems like the departure point
GI bill after WWII kicked off a steadily increasing trend in college attendance. I'm also suspicious of changes in mortality reporting...
...but that's an issue that would be very difficult to get a handle on.
Oh. True. Reporting effects are a pretty compelling confounding factor.
Well, I can go check their sources, I might be able to find a single reporting agent for the range
Skimmed the original report, graphs are more puzzling than I expected. Don't have the brain to wade through in more detail myself.
Right. Thanks.
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