---
title: "Data Feed: Geography of cancer risk, Antarctic tourism, old Mexico lives on"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-03"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/03/data-feed-geography-of-cancer-risk-antarctic-tourism-old-mexico-lives-on/"
---

# Data Feed: Geography of cancer risk, Antarctic tourism, old Mexico lives on

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

**Politics** [Are Fox and MSNBC polarizing America? Yes, but it's complicated](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/03/are-fox-and-msnbc-polarizing-america/), The Washington Post [Obama’s priorities face split nation](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/01/31/politics-counts-obamas-priorities-face-split-nation/?mod=WSJBlog), The Wall Street Journal

**Economy** [Who advertised during Sunday's Super Bowl, and when?](http://money.cnn.com/interactive/news/superbowl-commercials/index.html?iid=HP_Highlight) CNN Money [How much is the Super Bowl worth? By one count, $68.27/viewer](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/01/number-of-the-week-how-much-is-super-bowl-really-worth/), The Wall Street Journal [State-by-state look at long-term unemployment](http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/long-term-unemployment-state-by-state-85899537448), The Pew Charitable Trusts [January spending sees normal post-holiday drop](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167177/january-spending-sees-normal-post-holiday-drop.aspx), Gallup [Bigger tax refunds appear to boost college enrollment](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19836), NBER [75% of Eurozone companies say corruption widespread in their countries](http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_374_en.pdf), Eurobarometer [More than 1 billion smartphones shipped worldwide last year](http://www.economist.com/news/economic-and-financial-indicators/21595492-global-smartphone-shipments?fsrc=scn%2Ftw_ec%2Fglobal_smartphone_shipments), The Economist

**Health & Society** [U.S. abortion rate at lowest level since 1973](http://www.guttmacher.org/media/nr/2014/02/03/index.html), Guttmacher Institute [The geography of cancer risk in America](http://datawovn.com/#!US_Cancer), Chris Walker [Health insurance coverage status for adults 18-64 from 2010 to June 2013](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/health_policy/health_insurance_coverage_2010_jun2013.htm), CDC [Old Mexico lives on: Mexican-origin population, by county](http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21595434-old-mexico-lives), The Economist [After inflation and aid, net cost of college flat](http://research.stlouisfed.org/pageone-economics/pages/newsletter.php?nid=92&title=The+Rising+Cost+of+College%3A+Tuition%2C+Financial+Aid%2C+and+Price+Discrimination), St. Louis Fed [Half of U.S. adolescents have used illicit drugs by 12th grade](http://monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-overview2013.pdf), University of Michigan [Latest military recruitment and retention numbers](http://www.defense.gov/Releases/Release.aspx?ReleaseID=16516), Department of Defense [Suicides in the Army sharply decline](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/31/suicide-----military----army----numbers-----decline/5057337/), USA TODAY [Divorce risk, wages and working wives: Analysis on female labor force participation](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19869.pdf?new_window=1), NBER** **[How do your car tires compare with others?](http://projects.propublica.org/tires/) NHTSA/ProPublica

**International** [Three-quarters of Europeans see widespread corruption](http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_397_en.pdf), Eurobarometer [2014 world cancer report](http://apps.who.int/bookorders/anglais/detart1.jsp?codlan=1&codcol=80&codcch=275), World Health Organization** **[Euro-area deficit down to 3.1% of GDP](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-03022014-AP/EN/2-03022014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Tourist visits to Antarctica](http://qz.com/173123/chinese-tourists-increasingly-love-antarctica-but-americans-still-predominate/), Quartz [Share in Americas with at least one car at home](http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/cow/cow.05.02032014.en-large.png), LAPOP/Vanderbilt [Breast augmentation is top plastic surgery for UK women, rhinoplasty for men](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/feb/03/uk-plastic-surgery-2013-most-popular), Guardian

**Random Sample **[Using data to create the perfect online dating profile](http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/how-to-create-good-online-dating-profile/#slide-id-410231), Wired

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