---
title: "Data Feed: Unemployment breakdowns, airline complaints, divorce and college for women"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-12"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/12/data-feed-unemployment-breakdowns-airline-complaints-divorce-and-college-for-women/"
---

# Data Feed: Unemployment breakdowns, airline complaints, divorce and college for women

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

**Politics **[Christie is dropping fast against Clinton](http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/02/11/217724/mcclatchy-marist-poll-christie.html), McClatchy/Marist [New Yorkers back Cuomo’s no-tax pre-K plan](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-state/release-detail?ReleaseID=2006), Quinnipiac [Updated graphic on debt-ceiling increases since 1980](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/debt-ceiling/), The Washington Post

**Economy** [Mixed views of economic news persist](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/02/11/mixed-views-of-economic-news-persist/), Pew Research Center [In 2013, 15 major strikes and lockouts idled 55,000 workers](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkstp.pdf), BLS** **[Single unemployment rate can't capture complex labor market](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/11/heres-why-the-unemployment-rate-doesnt-matter-anymore/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), The Washington Post [January unemployment by sex and by age](http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140211.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [Single working mothers worse off since recession](http://www.workingpoorfamilies.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WPFP_Low-Income-Working-Mothers-Report_021214.pdf), Working Poor Families Project via [PRB](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/single-working-mothers.aspx) [North Dakota leads job creation index for fifth straight year](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167126/north-dakota-leads-job-creation-fifth-straight-year.aspx), Gallup [Which airlines are habitually late?](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-02-11/spirit-soars-despite-late-flights.html) Bloomberg [Airline consumer complaints down in 2013](http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/dot019_14), Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Cold weather, tight supplies sending propane prices higher](http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf), EIA [Most metro areas seeing strong home-price growth](http://www.realtor.org/topics/metropolitan-median-area-prices-and-affordability/data), National Association of Realtors [Is U.S. housing unaffordable? Depends how you chart it](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/11/is-u-s-housing-unaffordable-it-depends-on-how-you-chart-it/?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_realestate), The Wall Street Journal [Startups are more responsive to economic conditions than older firms](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19845), NBER

**Health & Society** [U.S. uninsured rate dropping so far in 1st quarter](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167393/uninsured-rate-drops-far-first-quarter-2014.aspx), Gallup [Unhealthy eating, lack of exercise top Californians' health worries for kids](http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2460.pdf), The Field Poll [Divorce reform linked to greater college attainment for women](http://www.minneapolisfed.org/publications_papers/pub_display.cfm?id=5267), Minneapolis Fed [Gifts to colleges hit $33.8 billion in FY2013, best since recession](http://chronicle.com/article/Gifts-to-Colleges-Hit/144707/), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [Targeting of immigration holds varies widely by state and facility](http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/343/), TRAC Syracuse [Latinos adapting smartphones faster than other ethnic, racial groups](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/10/latinos-lead-u-s-smartphone-use/), WSJ [In Olympics, women prefer figure skating; men go for hockey](http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a34OlympicSports.pdf), ABC News/Washington Post

**International** [EU industrial production fell 0.7% in December](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/4-12022014-AP/EN/4-12022014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Is Europe’s economy really sick?](http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/02/is-europes-economy-really-sick/?utm_source=Socialflow&utm_medium=Tweet&utm_campaign=Socialflow) Harvard Business Review [The global burden of cancer](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/02/daily-chart-6), The Economist [Economic survey of Finland](http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-finland.htm), OECD [How does commuting affect well-being in UK?](http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/feb/12/how-does-commuting-affect-wellbeing) Guardian [Interactive: Who’s with who in the Congo conflicts](http://www.stabilityjournal.org/hosted/m23-rebel-support-in-drc/), Stability

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