--- title: "Data Feed: Independents, poverty, teen exercise" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Record-high 42% of Americans identify as independents, Gallup What we know and don’t know about our polarized politics, The Washington Post Economy U.S.-NAFTA trade exceeds $100B for first time, Bureau of Transportation Statistics Concentration of wealth, NYC, […]" date: "2014-01-08" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/08/data-feed-independents-poverty-teen-exercise/" categories: - "Party Identification" - "Political Parties" --- # Data Feed: Independents, poverty, teen exercise *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Record-high 42% of Americans identify as independents](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166763/record-high-americans-identify-independents.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [What we know and don’t know about our polarized politics](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/08/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-our-polarized-politics/), The Washington Post **Economy **[U.S.-NAFTA trade exceeds $100B for first time](http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/bts001_14), Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Concentration of wealth, NYC](http://clacls.gc.cuny.edu/files/2014/01/Household-Income-Concentration-in-NYC-1990-2010.pdf), Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies [Unemployment duration on subsequent wages](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19772), National Bureau of Economic Research [Housing ‘wealth’ and illusion](http://www.aei.org/article/economics/financial-services/housing-finance/housing-wealth-and-illusion/), American Enterprise Institute [238,000 jobs added in December](http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/2013/December/NER/docs/ADP-NATIONAL-EMPLOYMENT-REPORT-December2013-Final-Press-Release.pdf), ADP National Employment Report [Northeastern cold snap drives up natural gas prices](http://www.eia.gov/special/alert/east_coast/), Energy Information Administration [Government’s redesigned reverse mortgage program](http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IB_14-1.pdf), Center for Retirement Research [Occupation Outlook Handbook](http://www.bls.gov/ooh/), Bureau of Labor statistics **Poverty **[How Census measures poverty today](http://www.census.gov/how/infographics/poverty_measure-how.html); and [the history of the measure](http://www.census.gov/how/infographics/poverty_measure-history.html), Census Bureau [Almost one-in-three Americans were poor at least 2 months 2009-2011](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/poverty/cb14-05.html), Census Bureau [War on poverty moves to the tax code](http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/url.cfm?ID=1001711), Tax Policy Center **Health** [Physical activity in youth ages 12 to 15, 2012](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db141.pdf), CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics [Health and access to care, coverage for LGBT](http://kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/health-and-access-to-care-and-coverage-for-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-individuals-in-the-u-s/), Kaiser Family Foundations [Wealthier patients in Ca. happier with their health care](http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2014/01/survey-finds-wealthier-patients-in-california-more-satisfied-with-their-health-care/), Kaiser Health News **Demographics** [More couples with kids living together but not marrying](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/more-couples-who-become-parents-are-living-together-but-not-marrying-data-show/2014/01/07/2b639a86-77d5-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html?wprss=rss_AllWPStoriesandBlogs&Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost), Associated Press (via The Washington Post) [Babies and what demographics portend](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/perspectives/babies-and-what-demographics-portend-20140108), National Journal [Racism may accelerate aging in black men](http://www.umdrightnow.umd.edu/news/racism-may-accelerate-aging-african-american-men), University of Maryland **International** [Charting life expectancies of the world’s countries](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/charting-life-expectancies-worlds-countries/8044/), The Atlantic Cities [EU leadership approval at record low in Spain, Greece](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166757/leadership-approval-record-low-spain-greece.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Terrorist attacks in Russia since 1991](http://russiansphinx.blogspot.de/2014/01/terrorist-attacks-in-russia-since-1991.html), Russian Sphinx [Euro area unemployment rate at 12.1%](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-08012014-BP/EN/3-08012014-BP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Canadian firm sizes and the productivity gap with U.S.](http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/140108/dq140108a-eng.htm?HPA), Statistics Canada [UK economic review, January 2014](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171766_348204.pdf), Office for National Statistics *Got new data to share? 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