--- title: "Data Feed: So-so on Sochi, higher-ed hiring, deregulation and fast food" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-02-05" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/05/data-feed-so-so-on-sochi-higher-ed-hiring-deregulation-and-fast-food/" --- # Data Feed: So-so on Sochi, higher-ed hiring, deregulation and fast food *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics **[Americans are so-so on Sochi](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/olympics/wp/2014/02/05/sochi-games-lack-widespread-support-among-americans/); [Perceptions of Putin don’t help](http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a33SochiOlympics.pdf), ABC News/Washington Post [More than half of Americans plan to follow Olympics](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/featured/our-latest-poll-2), [topline](http://ap-gfkpoll.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AP-GfK-January-2014-Poll-POSTED-Final_OLY.pdf), AP/GFK** **[Majority want gov’t to reduce income gap](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/05/poll-majority-of-americans-want-government-to-reduce-income-gap/?iid=HP_LN), [expect terrorist attack in Sochi](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/05/cnn-poll-majority-of-americans-expect-terrorist-attack-at-olympics/), CNN/ORC [Republicans closing the money gap in Senate races](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304851104579363301324040542), The Wall Street Journal [Media make us think we’re more polarized than we really are](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/05/the-media-make-us-think-were-more-polarized-than-we-really-are/), The Washington Post [IRS criminal prosecutions rise 23% under Obama](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140204.html), TRAC Syracuse **Economy **[Millions have financial difficulty, but optimism about future grows](http://maristpoll.marist.edu/25-millions-of-americans-having-financial-difficulty-but-optimism-about-the-future-grows/), NBC News/Marist** **[Administrators, not faculty, drove boom in higher-ed workforce](http://chronicle.com/article/Administrator-Hiring-Drove-28-/144519/), Chronicle of Higher Ed [The labor market's continuing weakness, in one chart](http://www.nationaljournal.com/economy/how-the-economy-still-stinks-for-the-unemployed-in-one-chart-20140204), National Journal [How long do unemployed older workers search for a job?](http://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IB_14-3.pdf) Center for Retirement Research [Do teen spending habits matter for success?](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/how-teen-workers-spend-their-money-um-study-shows-trends/) University of Michigan [December’s leading indexes suggest expansion in 47 state economies](http://www.phil.frb.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/indexes/leading/2013/LeadingIndexes1213.pdf), Philadelphia Fed [Higher education: How does culture affect post-secondary choices?](http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/education/higher-education-management-and-policy/volume-24/issue-3_hemp-v24-3-en#page61) OECD [December jobless rates down in 339 of 372 metro areas, payroll jobs up in 294](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm), BLS **Health & Society ** [51% of Americans disapprove of ACA](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167309/majority-americans-disapprove-healthcare-law.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Americans more pessimistic about healthcare costs than quality](http://hrms.urban.org/briefs/2014-expectations-for-health-care.html), Urban Institute [Record-high 87 exonerations in 2013](http://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Documents/Exonerations_in_2013_Report.pdf), University of Michigan [Does deregulation lead to fast-food eating and weight gain?](http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/92/2/13-120287.pdf?ua=1) WHO via [WashPo](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/04/study-deregulation-is-why-youre-fat/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm) [No agnostics in the (Army) foxhole](http://www.usatoday.com/story/nation/2014/02/04/religious-accommodation-pentagon/5190635/), USA TODAY [Motor vehicle death rates among children down 43% from 2002 to 2011](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm63e0204a1.htm?s_cid=mm63e0204a1_w), CDC [Congress appropriates $100 million to neglected tropical disease control efforts](http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/7983-04-the-u-s-government-response-to-global-neglected-tropical-diseases.pdf), KFF **International**** **[Human smuggling and trafficking into Europe](http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/TCM-Human-Smuggling.pdf), Migration Policy Institute [Volume of retail trade down by 1.6% in Euro Area](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/4-05022014-AP/EN/4-05022014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [More babies in UK born to non-UK mothers](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/fertility-analysis/childbearing-of-uk-and-non-uk-born-women-living-in-the-uk/2011-census-data/info-mother-s-country-of-birth.html), Office for National Statistics [Analysis of UK economy after crisis](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171766_351740.pdf), Office for National Statistics [Study on alcohol and mortality in Russia](http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(13)62247-3/fulltext?_eventId=login), The Lancet *Got new data to share? 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