Assuming the previous estimates were correct or close-enough approximations, I'd like to explore this idea some more.
Thought of as a country and comparing it to other majority ethnically European nations, Mormons would have: the highest average income, the highest average IQ, the highest average birth rate, and the lowest crime rate.
This is pretty astounding, incredible really, especially among a group of people who are thoroughly engaged in the world: they often attend public schools, have no restrictions on the use of technology, compete for the same jobs, and have no restrictions on contraception. That is, they are fully integrated into mainstream society.
Some notable differences: the social life of active Mormons is highly integrated into the church, while they don't permit alcohol or coffee - two major aspects of non-Mormon socializing. The high income is also incredible, in that most Mormons idealize a mother staying-at-home, while the rest of American society has shifted towards dual incomes.
While moral norms of society as a whole are shifting, most people would agree that Mormons are, very quantifiably, skewed towards the ideals of society - what most people desire and still view as good.
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