Combining data from five surveys, totaling responses from about 1.6 million people, Peter J. Rentfrow and his colleagues recently published their results in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. They explain:
There is overwhelming evidence for regional variation across the United States on a range of key political, economic, social, and health indicators. However, a substantial body of research suggests that activities in each of these domains are typically influenced by psychological variables, raising the possibility that psychological forces might be the mediating or causal factors responsible for regional variation in key indicators.
via Gizmodo
