---
title: "Data Feed: Poverty trends, hospital readmissions, Hillary Clinton"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Hillary Clinton: How she’s fared in the polls, Politico Interactive: State of the states 2014, Stateline – Pew Charitable Trusts The 2014 ballot boxes, The Economist Economics U.S. consumer spending in December highest since 2008, Gallup Waging […]"
date: "2014-01-06"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/06/data-feed-poverty-trends-hospital-readmissions-hillary-clinton/"
---

# Data Feed: Poverty trends, hospital readmissions, Hillary Clinton

*A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.*

**Politics** [Hillary Clinton: How she’s fared in the polls](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/hillary-clinton-2016-polls-101757.html?hp=l2), Politico** **[Interactive: State of the states 2014](http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/interactive-state-of-the-states-2014-85899530726), Stateline - Pew Charitable Trusts [The 2014 ballot boxes](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/01/daily-chart-2), The Economist

**Economics** [U.S. consumer spending in December highest since 2008](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166742/consumer-spending-december-highest-2008.aspx), Gallup [Waging war on poverty: Historical trends](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19789), National Bureau of Economic Research [Offbeat dispatches from the economic summit](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/05/offbeat-dispatches-from-economic-summit/), The Wall Street Journal [Where the jobs are, in 2 graphs](http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/01/06/259131399/where-the-jobs-are-in-2-graphs-hint-not-in-manufacturing), NPR [Has the U.S. reached peak road?](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/have-we-reached-peak-road/8019/), The Atlantic Cities [Change in energy prices mixed in 2013](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14471), Energy Information Administration

**Social Trends** [Interactive: Mapping poverty in America](http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/01/05/poverty-map/?smid=tw-nytimes), The New York Times [Minority students make up new majority in Illinois public schools](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-majority-minority-schools-20140106,0,7219515.story), Chicago Tribune

**Health** [United States life tables, 2009,](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_07.pdf) CDC’s National Vital Statistics Report [State profiles: How will the uninsured fare under the ACA?](http://kff.org/state-profiles-uninsured-under-aca/), Kaiser Family Foundations [364 hospitals have high rates of overall readmissions](http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2014/01/new-medicare-data-show-hospitals-with-high-rates-of-readmissions/), Kaiser Health News [Trends in health care expenditures for the elderly](http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_files/publications/st429/stat429.pdf), Medical Expenditure Panel Survey [The ACA’s 80/20 rule could lead to higher value health insurance in some states](http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/01/acas-8020-rule-lead-higher-health-insurance-states/), Urban Institute’s MetroTrends Blog [Map: Where Americans get enough exercise](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/where-americans-get-enough-exercise/5874/), The Atlantic Cities

**International** [U.K. migration: Real figures v. the headlines](http://www.theguardian.com/news/reality-check/interactive/2014/jan/06/uk-migration-statistics-v-headlines), Guardian [Interactive: Housing prices in London](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303370904579298611596876286), The Wall Street Journal

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