Data Feed: Cheating on taxes, consumer confidence, foreign languages in U.S. cities
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Data Feed: Live TV declines as video source, return of the ARM, why Ukraine isn’t fighting Russia
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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The social life of health information
Our national survey finds that seven-in-ten (72%) adult internet users say they have searched online for information about a range of health issues, the most popular being specific diseases and treatments.
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Views of health care law among uninsured Americans turn more negative
The share of Americans without insurance who have an unfavorable view of the health care law outnumber those with positive views by almost two-to-one.
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Generational equity and the ‘Next America’
A few critics have portrayed our report as an effort to foment a “generational war” over Social Security and Medicare. Let me respond.
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Data Feed: Sanctions against Russia, visualizing the labor market, Congressional slackers
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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Feds may be rethinking the drug war, but states have been leading the way
Faced with overcrowded prisons and soaring correctional costs, states are rethinking how to define and punish drug crimes.
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Data Feed: Ukrainian views of democracy, 2014 billionaires, Senate landscape
A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
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As the population grays, Americans stay upbeat
Only about one-in-four Americans say the growing number of older people is a major problem for the country.
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The global consensus: Inequality is a major problem
One of the most striking findings from a recent Pew Research Center survey of general publics across the globe was the degree to which people see the gap between rich and poor as a major challenge. In 31 of 39 nations, half or more of those polled said inequality is a very big problem in their country.
