--- title: "Data Feed: Rising household debt, aging boomers and labor force participation, minimum wage impacts" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-02-19" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/19/data-feed-rising-household-debt-aging-boomers-and-labor-force-participation-minimum-wage-impacts/" --- # Data Feed: Rising household debt, aging boomers and labor force participation, minimum wage impacts *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics** [72% of Americans view Israel favorably, 12% Iran](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167474/americans-mideast-country-ratings-show-little-change.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [More Americans now view Afghanistan war as a mistake](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167471/americans-view-afghanistan-war-mistake.aspx), Gallup [Ohio voters divided on death penalty](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/ohio/release-detail?ReleaseID=2009), Quinnipiac [The link between campaign contributions and ambassadorships](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/18/campaign-contributions-and-ambassadorships/), The Monkey Cage **Economy** [A visual history of Obama's economic policy](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/19/a-visual-history-of-president-obamas-economic-policy/?utm_content=bufferc8b43&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer), The Washington Post [The continuing burden of student debt](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/18/student-debt-is-terrible-in-charts/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), The Washington Post [Biggest increase in household debt since 3q 2007](http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2014/rp140218.html), New York Fed [Latest U.S. housing market index and data](http://www.nahb.org/reference_list.aspx?sectionID=134), NAHB/Wells Fargo [Foreigners net sellers of U.S. stocks in 2013, first time since 1992](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/18/taking-their-investments-elsewhere/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Business%20Day&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body), New York Times [Aging boomers pushing down labor force participation](http://crr.bc.edu/briefs/the-impact-of-aging-baby-boomers-on-labor-force-participation/), Center for Retirement Research [Startups are starting up hiring plans](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/18/vital-signs-startups-starting-up-hiring-plans/), The Wall Street Journal [Increasing minimum wage would lift many out of poverty but cost jobs](http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44995), CBO [For decades, minimum wage not enough to lift most out of poverty](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/18/minimum-wage-hasnt-been-enough-to-lift-most-out-of-poverty-for-decades/), Fact Tank [Americans hoping tax refunds will cushion rainy day funds](http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1773&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NRFNews+NRF+News), National Retail Federation **Health & Society **[Lung cancer is most life-consuming of all cancers](http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/the-years-lost-to-cancer/814/), The Washington Post [Highest injury rate among Winter Olympic sports: snowboard cross](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/18/curlers-more-likely-to-hurt-themselves-than-lugers-speed-skaters/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), The Washington Post [Almost one-third use online review ratings to chose physicians](http://www.hngn.com/articles/24702/20140219/one-third-americans-use-online-review-ratings-chose-physicians.htm), JAMA via HNGN [Violent crime down 3.6% in cities and 10.5% in non-cities in 2013](http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-preliminary-semiannual-crime-statistics-for-2013), FBI [College students who don't submit test scores perform well](http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/at-test-optional-colleges-students-surpass-the-scores-they-didnt-submit/37633), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [Data profile of the uninsured in California](http://kff.org/uninsured/report/the-uninsured-at-the-starting-line-in-california-california-findings-from-the-2013-kaiser-survey-of-low-income-americans-and-the-aca/), Kaiser Family Foundation [Prison-based education declined during economic downturn](http://www.rand.org/news/press/2014/02/18.html), RAND Corporation **International **[Majority of Afghans are ‘suffering’ in 2013](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167465/majority-afghans-suffering-2013.aspx), Gallup [87% in UK used internet in Q4 2013](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/rdit2/internet-access-quarterly-update/2013-q4/stb-ia-q4-2013.html), Office for National Statistics [OECD GDP growth rate stable at 0.6% in Q4 2013](http://www.oecd.org/std/na/gdp-growth-fourth-quarter-2013-oecd.htm), OECD [Namibia, Thailand most dangerous countries for drivers](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/02/map-worlds-most-dangerous-countries-drivers/8423/), U. Mich. via The Atlantic Cities [You can legally vote twice in France](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/19/you-can-vote-twice-the-many-political-appeals-of-proxy-votes-in-france/), The Monkey Cage [How Canada's parties became ideologically polarized in two decades](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/18/canada-is-polarizing-and-its-because-of-the-parties/?wpisrc=nl_cage), The Monkey Cage *Got new data to share? Send it to us via email *[*facttank@pewresearch.org*](mailto:facttank@pewresearch.org)* or Tweet us *[*@FactTank*](http://www.twitter.com/facttank)*.*