A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.
Politics Texas Hispanics tilt Democratic, but state likely to stay red, Gallup The state-by-state odds of Republicans winning the Senate, The Monkey Cage Obama and mass deportation, The Economist
Economy Payrolls up 113,000, weaker than expected; jobless rate 6.6%, Bureau of Labor Statistics Charting the current state of the labor market, BLS The rise of the low-wage breadwinner, CNN Money The demographic engine of city growth, DemoMemo Students from “quality” high schools do better in college, NBER
Health & Society Women make up over half of 800,000 who have stroke each year, The Washington Post Americans familiarity with healthcare law unchanged, Gallup Findings from a 2013 survey of poor Americans and the ACA, Kaiser Family Foundation Most-uninsured states less likely to embrace health law, Gallup Expatriations rose to record last year, The Wall Street Journal Many new, educated urban dwellers came from overseas, The Wall Street Journal A look at thrifty millennials, Guardian How the sports in the Winter Olympics have evolved since 1924, The Washington Post Are the Winter Olympics for rich countries? The Washington Post
Science & Technology U.S. losing market share in global science and technology, The Washington Post Full set of science and engineering indicators 2014, National Science Board
International Nearly three-quarters of Russians say homosexuality unacceptable, Pew Research Center Employment up 29,000 in Canada in January, unemployment rate at 7%, Statistics Canada Aid to ‘fragile states’ down 2.4% in 2011 and projected to continue declining, OECD Measles deaths reach record lows, World Health Organization A global map of homophobia, The Atlantic Cities How many hours of minimum wage work it takes to buy a beer, by country, Quartz
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