A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Politics Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of Ukraine crisis, CBS News Seniors have realigned with the Republican party, Gallup Virginia voters give McAuliffe ‘OK’ grades, support minimum wage hike, Quinnipiac Voters more likely to turn out if pot legalization is on the ballot, GWU via National Journal Independent voters looking more like Republicans again, Rothenberg Political Report Two years before 2016 primaries, Clinton polling like an incumbent, FiveThirtyEight
Economy One-third of mobile phone owners used mobile banking in past year, Federal Reserve Renting most expensive in Hawaii, D.C., California, NLIHC via Washington Post Young adults have held an average of 6.2 jobs by age 26, BLS In 2013, average personal income growth slowed in every state, BEA State and local government tax revenue for 3Q, 4Q 2013, Census Bureau Unemployment rate for veterans edges down in 2013, Bureau of Labor Statistics New residential sales data in February, Census Bureau/HUD High prices partly to blame for slow new home sales, The Wall Street Journal Colleges with best returns on investment, methods, Payscale via FiveThirtyEight Top incomes can be fleeting, CNN Money Do big banks have lower operating costs? Economic Policy Review, New York Fed Who benefits when the government pays more in Medicare? NBER
Health & Society The state of the news media in 2014, Pew Research Center Many Americans were unaware of health care law deadline, Kaiser Family Foundation Paying welfare benefits by debit card instead of cash led to crime drop, NBER via WaPo Fewer Americans went to the movies in 2013, but box-office receipts rose, WSJ Map: The most and least healthy counties, RWJF via The Atlantic
International Putin’s support in Russia rises to 80%, Levada Center via RIA Novosti Little pattern or coherence found in EU broadband markets, European Commission How the Great Recession affected new immigrants in Spain, Migration Policy Institute
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