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title: "Data Feed: Jobs report, Twitter and news, gender preferences"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. Politics Liberal self-identification edges up in 2013, Gallup For first time, most lawmakers worth over $1 Million, Center for Responsive Politics Why people call themselves “independent” even when they aren’t, The Washington Post Employment Unemployment rate drops to […]"
date: "2014-01-10"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/10/data-feed-jobs-report-twitter-and-news-gender-preferences/"
categories:
  - "Twitter (X)"
---

# Data Feed: Jobs report, Twitter and news, gender preferences

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

Politics

[Liberal self-identification edges up in 2013](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166787/liberal-self-identification-edges-new-high-2013.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [For first time, most lawmakers worth over $1 Million](http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2014/01/millionaires-club-for-first-time-most-lawmakers-are-worth-1-million-plus.html), Center for Responsive Politics [Why people call themselves “independent” even when they aren’t](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/10/why-people-call-themselves-independent-even-when-they-arent/), The Washington Post

Employment

[Unemployment rate drops to 6.7%, with charts on work force](http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps_charts.pdf), Bureau of Labor Statistics [Highlights from the December jobs report](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/10/highlights-from-the-december-jobs-report/), The Wall Street Journal [273,000 workers couldn't get to their jobs because of the weather](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/10/vital-signs-mother-nature-keeps-workers-at-home/), The Wall Street Journal [Do workplace wellness programs save employers money?](http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RB9700/RB9744/RAND_RB9744.pdf) Rand Corporation

Economics

[U.S. economic indicators improve in 2013](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166784/economic-indicators-improve-2013.aspx), Gallup [Gas prices moved in tight range in 2013](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=14551), Energy Information Administration [Charting the decline in service at the I.R.S](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/09/charting-the-decline-in-service-at-the-i-r-s/), The New York Times

Health

[Lung cancer trends 2005-2009](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6301a1.htm?s_cid=mm6301a1_w), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U.S. flu and cold levels rise, but are typical for season](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166778/flu-cold-levels-rise-typical-season.aspx), Gallup [Snuffing out smoking](https://twitter.com/ECONdailycharts/status/421643734393294848/photo/1), The Economist [Income and assets of Medicare beneficiaries](http://kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/income-and-assets-of-medicare-beneficiaries-2013-2030/), Kaiser Family Foundations [Financial burdens of health spending by Medicare households](http://kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/health-care-on-a-budget-the-financial-burden-of-health-spending-by-medicare-households/), Kaiser Family Foundations [Suicide rate spikes among young veterans](http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/docs/Suicide_Data_Report_Update_January_2014.pdf), Veterans Affairs via [Stars and Stripes](http://www.stripes.com/report-suicide-rate-spikes-among-young-veterans-1.261283)

Education

[More students subsidize classmates’ tuition](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324049504578545884011480020), The Wall Street Journal [2002 high school sophomores 10 years later](http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014363), National Center for Education Statistics

Media

[Most popular U.S. newspaper websites on Twitter](http://www.searchmetrics.com/en/searchmetrics/press/twitter-study-us-newspaper-sites/?utm_source=API%27s+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_campaign=9721fafc8c-Need_to_Know_January_10_20141_10_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e3bf78af04-9721fafc8c-45793005), Searchmetrics

International

[EU mobility scoreboard](http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/162EN_Learner_Mobility.pdf), European Commission [Haiti Earthquake: Where is U.S. aid money going?](http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/datablog/2014/jan/10/haiti-earthquake-us-aid-funding-data) Guardian [Nordic outlier? Gender preference of children in Finland](http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol30/2/), Demographic Research

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