Jewish Demography in California: The Use of Aggregated Survey Data

Publication Date: January 1989

Publisher: Institute for Contemporary Jewry

Author(s): Alan M. Fisher; Curtis K. Tanaka

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Demography

Type: Report

Coverage: California

Abstract:

California Jews occupy a space between American Jews and Californians. For several measures of position California Jews more closely resemble Jews across the country than other Californians. On a series of related socio-economic variables, Californian Jews stand out within the state for: higher education, higher vocational status, and higher income. These traits are mutually reinforcing and contribute to other characteristics: greater concentration in metropolitan areas, more liberal attitudes on civil liberties and social-cultural issues, and greater incidence of bachelorhood, delayed marriage, as well as fewer children.