--- title: "Data Feed: Obama approval, inequality and mobility, cesarean births" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-01-23" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/23/data-feed-upward-mobility-trends-abortion-laws-obama-approval/" --- # Data Feed: Obama approval, inequality and mobility, cesarean births *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [Obama’s fifth-year job approval ratings among most polarized](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167006/obama-fifth-year-job-approval-ratings-among-polarized.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Voters say U.S. still in recession; glad to know Snowden secrets](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/01/22/fox-news-poll-voters-say-us-still-in-recession-glad-know-snowden-secrets/), Fox News [Poll: Snowden](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-most-think-edward-snowden-should-stand-trial-in-us/), [marijuana](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/majority-of-americans-now-support-legal-pot-poll-says/) and [Obama approval](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-americans-split-on-obama-approval/), CBS News [Obama seen as nice guy, so-so president](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/our-latest-poll-findings-27), with [topline](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AP-GfK-January-2014-Poll-POSTED-Final_POLITICS.pdf), AP/ GfK [Economy/ jobs and healthcare are top voter priorities](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=1999), Quinnipiac [Implications of this year's Senate races for 2016](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/01/23/why_2014_senate_races_mean_so_much_for_2016_121323.html), Real Clear Politics [How better educated whites are driving political polarization](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/23/how-better-educated-whites-are-driving-political-polarization/), The Washington Post **Economy **[Most see inequality growing, but partisans differ over solutions](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/01/23/most-see-inequality-growing-but-partisans-differ-over-solutions/), Pew Research Center [U.S. economic mobility hasn't changed much over time, but varies across places](http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/), Equality of Opportunity Project [Widespread growth in GDP across industries in 2012](http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/gdpindnewsrelease.htm), Bureau of Economic Analysis [Cities face a good, but not great, economic outlook](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/01/22/cities-face-a-good-but-not-great-economic-outlook-for-2014/), The Wall Street Journal [Household income trends: December 2013](http://www.sentierresearch.com/reports/Sentier_Household_Income_Trends_Report_December2013_01_23_14.pdf), Sentier Research [Size of gender pay gap varies by state, job](http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/size-of-gender-pay-gap-varies-by-state-job-85899534881), The Pew Charitable Trusts [State governments spent more in 2012 than they took in](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-11.html), Census Bureau **Health & Society** [Uninsured rate shows initial decline in 2014](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166982/uninsured-rate-shows-initial-decline-2014.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Use of infertility services stays level](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr073.pdf), CDC [Cesarean birth rates by state](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_01.pdf), CDC [Immigration hold trends by gender, nationality](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140122.html), TRAC Syracuse [Reclassifying English learner students in California](http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_114LHR.pdf), Public Policy Institute of California **International** [U.S. scores low in children’s well-being](http://www.gallup.com/poll/166994/scores-low-children.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [10 startling facts about global wealth inequality](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/01/22/10-startling-facts-about-global-wealth-inequality/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), The Washington Post [Who’s on the magic mountain? Data on Davos attendees](https://twitter.com/ECONdailycharts/status/426367093597274113/photo/1), The Economist [Latest crime statistics in Britain](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171778_349849.pdf), Office for National Statistics [Germany has one of OECD’s lowest homeownership rates](http://qz.com/167887/germany-has-one-of-the-worlds-lowest-homeownership-rates/), Quartz [EU Foreign Direct Investment stocks](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-23012014-BP/EN/2-23012014-BP-EN.PDF) and [current account surplus](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-23012014-AP/EN/2-23012014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Latest PMI numbers for U.S., China, Eurozone, Germany, France](http://www.markiteconomics.com/Public/Page.mvc/PressReleases), Markit **Random Sample** [The Big Mac index: Global exchange rates to go](http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index), The Economist *Got new data to share? 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