---
title: "Data Feed: Winter weather’s economic toll, mapping Olympics buzz, U.S.-Mexico relations"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-14"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/14/data-feed-winter-weathers-economic-toll-mapping-olympics-buzz-u-s-mexico-relations/"
---

# Data Feed: Winter weather’s economic toll, mapping Olympics buzz, U.S.-Mexico relations

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

**Politics** [Majority of Americans and Mexicans, consider bilateral relations good](http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/files/About_Us/Press_Releases/FY14_Releases/findings_survey_public_opinion_us_mexico.aspx), The Chicago Council [Voters regret Obamacare](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/13/fox-news-poll-voters-regret-obamacare/); [64% say corruption at IRS](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/13/fox-news-poll-64-percent-say-there-is-corruption-at-irs/), [topline](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/02/13/fox-news-poll-voters-dislike-obamacare-say-there-is-corruption-at-irs/), Fox News

**Economy** [Economists say Old Man Winter is taking a toll](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304703804579380933657581674?mod=ITP_pageone_1), The Wall Street Journal [Unemployment breakdowns in the U.S. and Europe](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304703804579381112025475836), The Wall Street Journal [West Virginia has lowest payroll to population ratio](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167129/washington-leads-nation-payroll-population.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [U.S. small business owners’ optimism is up](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167423/small-business-owners-optimism-sharply.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [Gap between most, least expensive housing markets still wide](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/13/gap-between-most-least-expensive-housing-markets-still-wide/), The Wall Street Journal

**Health & Society **[State laws affect rates of indoor tanning among female high school students](http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0213-indoor-tanning.html), CDC [Household food security and SNAP presentation](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/hh_food_security_snap/), USDA via Census [In U.S., 14% of those ages 24 to 34 are living with parents](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167426/aged-living-parents.aspx), Gallup [Rising inequality in postsecondary education](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/social-mobility-memos/posts/2014/02/13-inequality-in-postsecondary-education), Brookings [ICE success in obtaining removal orders drops to 50%](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140213.html), TRAC Syracuse [How the world uses emoticons on Facebook](http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/02/13/where-to-find-love-on-facebook/), UC Berkeley [Scientific or technological breakthroughs typically come to people in late 30s](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19866.pdf?new_window=1), NBER

**International **[Winter Olympic buzz on Facebook around the world](http://www.businessinsider.com/most-popular-olympic-sports-2014-2), Business Insider [The political economy of Dutch speed skating success](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/13/the-political-economy-of-dutch-speed-skating-success/?wpisrc=nl_cage), The Monkey Cage [Jobs recovery progresses in advanced economies](http://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5087), The Conference Board [Tokyo tops list of world’s most expensive cities](http://www.theguardian.com/cities/datablog/2014/feb/14/most-expensive-cities), Guardian [World households growing at faster rate than world population](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2014/02/worlds-ticking-household-bomb/8389/), The Atlantic Cities [Updated fact sheet for tropical disease Yaws](http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs316/en/index.html), World Health Organization [China’s consumer price index up 2.5%](http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/201402/t20140214_511333.html), National Bureau of Statistics of China [Euro-zone recovery picks up slightly](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304434104579382083120714264), The Wall Street Journal

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