---
title: "Data Feed: Policy priorities, internet advertising, measles’ resurgence"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-01-27"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/27/data-feed-policy-priorities-internet-advertising-measles-resurgence/"
---

# Data Feed: Policy priorities, internet advertising, measles’ resurgence

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

**Politics** [Americans' top policy priorities for 2014](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/01/27/deficit-reduction-declines-as-policy-priority/), Pew Research Center [Where Americans stand on key issues](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/27/state-of-the-union-2014-where-americans-stand-on-key-issues/), FactTank [Washington leaders start year in weak position](http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2014/01/26/National-Politics/Polling/release_289.xml), ABC News/ Washington Post [Negative views of health rollout ease; consumers still skeptical](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/our-latest-poll-findings-29), with [topline](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AP-GfK-January-2014-Poll-POSTED-Final_HEALTH-CARE1.pdf), AP/ GfK[ ](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167054/stats-union.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines)

**Economy** [Home sales rose 16% in 2013](http://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/pdf/newressales.pdf), Census Bureau [HHS releases poverty guidelines for 2014](http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2014/01/hhs-releases-poverty-guidelines-for-2014), Kaiser Health News [Nielsen: Internet advertising grew 32% in 2013, but still far behind TV](http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/27/nielsen-internet-advertising-grew-32-in-2013-but-its-still-only-4-5-of-spend-vs-tv-at-57-6/), TechCrunch [Does greater inequality lead to more household borrowing?](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19850) NBER [Unemployment down in most states, but earnings growth is patchy](http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412996-State-Economic-Monitor-January-2014.pdf), Urban Institute [Labor force statistics on older Americans](http://www.urban.org/publications/412999.html), Urban Institute [How -- and where -- LBJ fought the War on Poverty](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19860), NBER

**Health & Society** [Whatever happened to the Class of 2004?](http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/what-happened-to-the-class-of-2004-20140127) National Journal [Measles, other preventable diseases making big comeback](http://www.cfr.org/interactives/GH_Vaccine_Map/index.html#map), CFR (also [NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/01/25/265750719/how-vaccine-fears-fueled-the-resurgence-of-preventable-diseases)) [Clusters of affluence in San Francisco](http://datawovn.com/#!San_Francisco_Private_Shuttles), Chris Walker [U.S. population growth and migration sputter, yet again](http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2014/01/24-us-population-growth-migration-frey), Brookings [Residents of poor nations see greater meaning in life](http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/12/13/0956797613507286), Harvard Business Review

**International** [Percent in Americas reporting their neighborhood is affected by gangs](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/cow/cow.04.01272014.en-large.png), LAPOP [Youth employment in sub-Saharan Africa](http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/18830003/youth-employment-sub-saharan-africa-vol-2-2-full-report), World Bank [Views from around the globe: How personal technology is changing our lives](http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/01/23/personal-technology-is-changing-lives-around-the-world-what-we-learned-from-talking-to-10-000-people-in-10-countries.aspx), Microsoft [Korea-EU business demography](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Korea-EU_-_business_demography), Eurostat [Entrepreneurial ecosystems around the globe](http://reports.weforum.org/entrepreneurial-ecosystems-around-the-globe-and-early-stage-company-growth-dynamics/), World Economic Forum [How the shared economy is changing Europe's car rental market](https://timetric.com/info/media-center/expert-insight/2014/01/24/how-shared-economy-changing-car-rental-market/), Timetric[ ](http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-hungary.htm)

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