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>This is fairly meaningless because lower income does not necessarily mean a worse living condition or less happiness.

I agree, only comparing income is rather misleading.

JW's don't smoke or do drugs and so have a far smaller problem with addictions which require professional help and counseling. So although on paper the JWs and the Black Protestant Churches look similar in terms of income one has to remember that the Black Churches have a significant problem with addiction to drugs and alcohol among their members which contributes to their low income scores.

Not smoking or doing drugs frees up more of the JWs disposable income, and the same goes for Mormons not drinking alcohol.

Also many JWs have a lower income because many of them only work part-time by choice so that they have more spare time for preaching, a by-product of this is that voluntarily being able to spend less time at work generally means less stress in the family and more time with the children.