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title: "Data Feed: State of the Union, medical expenses, intolerance in Europe"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-01-28"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/01/28/data-feed-state-of-the-union-medical-expenses-intolerance-in-europe/"
---

# Data Feed: State of the Union, medical expenses, intolerance in Europe

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

**Politics** [What Americans want to see addressed in State of the Union speech](http://pollingmatters.gallup.com/2014/01/what-americans-want-to-see-addressed-in.html), Gallup [Americans fretful over future, Obama's abilities](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303277704579347030062444064), with [topline](http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/wsjnbcnewspoll01222014.pdf), WSJ/ NBC News [Obama’s puzzle: Economy rarely better, approval rarely worse](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/28/us/politics/obamas-puzzle-economy-rarely-better-approval-rarely-worse.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0), The New York Times [Nonwhites more positive about state of U.S., whites less positive](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167072/stark-racial-differences-views-status.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Hawaii, D.C. most approving of Obama; Wyoming, West Virginia least approving](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167063/hawaiians-residents-approving-obama-2013.aspx), Gallup [Democrats most likely to watch SOTU](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/27/fox-news-poll-party-faithful-most-likely-to-watch-state-of-the-union/); [GOP leads in congressional preference](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/27/fox-news-poll-republicans-hold-slight-edge-in-congressional-balloting/), Fox News [State of the Union: Frequently used words](http://graphics.wsj.com/SOTUWORDS/?mod=e2tw#selCat=sCat1&l=2009&r=2013), The Wall Street Journal [Charting the ideology of State of the Union addresses](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/01/28/the-political-ideology-of-state-of-the-union-addresses-in-1-graph/), The Washington Post [State of the Union: famous firsts](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-01-27/state-of-the-union-milestones-washington-to-obama.html), Bloomberg [Stats of the Union: Interactive on America’s people, politics and economy](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/01/united-states-map-and-guide), The Economist [Christie numbers tank as scandals continue](http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/27/22471140-poll-christie-numbers-tank-as-scandals-continue?lite), NBC News

**Economy** [Jobless rates down in 39 states, up in two](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [Consumer confidence index increases again](https://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5078), The Conference Board [How gender, ‘crowding’ and recession affect mid-career job promotions](http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/job-promotion-in-midcareer.htm), BLS [U.S. banks prune more branches](http://online.wsj.com/news/interactive/branchesB012720140127?ref=SB10001424052702303277704579347223157745640), The Wall Street Journal [17 charts about economic inequality](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116361/17-charts-about-inequality-obama-should-read), The New Republic [Why real wages are falling as profits are rising](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/profits-up-wages-down-what-economics-has-to-say/?partner=rss&emc=rss), The New York Times [Income inequality in U.S. means princes don’t go after Cinderellas](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/income-inequality-in-the-u-s-means-princes-dont-go-after-cinderellas/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Business%20Day&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body), The New York Times [As temperatures drop, home searches rise](http://trends.truliablog.com/2014/01/polar-vortex-home-search/), Trulia [Super Bowl spending driven by automotive ads](http://graphics.wsj.com/super-bowl-ad-history/), The Wall Street Journal

**Health & Society** [Medical bills squeezing budgets in more than a quarter of U.S. families](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db142.htm), CDC [‘Global atlas’ identifies one-in-ten worldwide who need end-of-life palliative care](http://www.who.int/nmh/Global_Atlas_of_Palliative_Care.pdf?ua=1), WHO [The Great Recession may have dinged our wallets, but it improved our diets](http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-great-recession-changed-eating.html), DemoMemo [Who fears vaccines and why?](http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2386034) Social Science Research Network [Strong stock market put college endowments back in the black](http://chronicle.com/article/Strong-US-Stock-Market-Put/144253/), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [Divorces rise as economy recovers, study finds](http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-divorce-rebound-20140128,0,4086194.story#axzz2rhZ7pAdT), Los Angeles Times

**Science & Technology** [Latest ‘State of the Internet’ report](http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2014/press_012814.html), Akamai [What do young scientists think? New survey offers answers](http://news.sciencemag.org/scientific-community/2014/01/what-do-young-scientists-think-new-survey-offers-answers), Science [Europeans split on further investment in space exploration (47% v. 46%)](http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_403_en.pdf), Eurobarometer[ ](http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf14308/nsf14308.pdf)

**International** [Two decades of unemployment data in 177 countries, GIFed](http://qz.com/171170/two-decades-of-unemployment-data-in-177-countries-gifed/), Quartz [In Germany, older voters have growing influence on election result](https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2014/01/PE14_031_141.html;jsessionid=53981033C832800D025157CDC0771841.cae2), Destatis [Business investment rate](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-28012014-BP/EN/2-28012014-BP-EN.PDF) and [household saving rate in EU](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-28012014-AP/EN/2-28012014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Britain’s GDP up 0.7% in Q4 2013, early estimates show](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/gva/gross-domestic-product--preliminary-estimate/q4-2013/stb-gdp-preliminary-estimate--q4-2013.html), Office for National Statistics [Crime pays in Indian elections](http://carnegieendowment.org/2014/01/24/crime-but-no-punishment-in-indian-elections/gz9k), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace [Trends in intolerant attitudes in Western Europe](http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR334.html), RAND Corporation [Argentina’s plunging peso is not alone](https://twitter.com/ECONdailycharts/status/427866713993265152/photo/1), The Economist

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