---
title: "Data Feed: Clinton’s public image, consumer spending and education, cat bites and depression"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-02-21"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/21/data-feed-clintons-public-image-consumer-spending-and-education-cat-bites-and-depression/"
---

# Data Feed: Clinton’s public image, consumer spending and education, cat bites and depression

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

**Politics **[Two-term presidents: Job approval over eight years](http://cookpolitical.com/story/6797), Cook Political Report ****[Hillary Clinton maintains positive image among Americans](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167510/hillary-clinton-maintains-positive-image.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines), Gallup [How Congress voted on the spending and debt limit bills](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/20/meet-the-default-caucus/?wpisrc=nl_wonk), The Washington Post

**Economy** [Leading indicators up 0.3% in January after no change in December](http://www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1), Conference Board [Federal debt projected to grow to 79% of GDP by 2024 under current law](http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45086), CBO [How consumers' spending patterns vary by educational level](http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140220.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [2.1 million farms tallied for 2012, down 4.3% from 2007](http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Newsroom/2014/02_20_2014.php), USDA [20 zip codes where it is cheaper to buy than rent](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/02/20/the-20-zip-codes-where-it-is-cheaper-to-buy-than-rent/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), The Washington Post [Natural gas booming in U.S.](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-02-20/can-the-u-s-sustain-its-natural-gas-boom.html) but [coal power fades](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-02-20/coal-power-fades.html), Bloomberg [Updated marriage bonus/penalty tax calculator](http://taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/marriagepenaltycalculator.cfm), Tax Policy Center

**Health & Society **[Felon voting policies and voter disenfranchisement by state](http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/states-divided-on-felon-voting-rights-85899541006), The Pew Charitable Trusts** **[51% of hate crimes motivated by ‘ethnicity bias’ in 2012, up from 30% in 2011](http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4883), BJS [Older Americans less likely to die or be injured in car crashes](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304275304579393841501352018), The Wall Street Journal [Researchers found an unusual link between cat bites and depression](http://www.popsci.com/article/science/cat-bites-are-linked-depression?_ga=1.132250694.971829906.1391623979), Popular Science [How effective was your flu shot?](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6307a1.htm?s_cid=mm6307a1_w) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Raising awareness of racial bias reduces it](http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/02/awareness%20reduces%20racial%20bias/awareness_reduces_racial_bias_wolfers.pdf), Brookings [Twitter conversations fall into six basic patterns](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2014/02/20/mapping-twitter-topic-networks-from-polarized-crowds-to-community-clusters/), Pew Research Center

**International **[Gay friendliness of armed forces worldwide](http://www.economist.com/node/21596918?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fdc%2F&%3Ffsrc%3Dscn%2F=tw%2Fdc), The Economist [Global business barometer, according to world execs](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/11/economistft-survey), The Economist [WhatsApp by far the most popular messaging app in India and Brazil](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/02/20/why-facebook-bought-whatsapp-in-a-single-chart/), Wall Street Journal [Impetus for WhatsApp deal: A global appetite for texting](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/20/behind-facebooks-whatsapp-purchase-a-global-appetite-for-texting/), Fact Tank [Comparing market rules among OECD countries](http://www.oecd.org/eco/goingforgrowth.htm#dataviz), OECD [Throughout the world, women concentrated in less-productive jobs, sectors](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/17121/GenderAtWork.pdf?sequence=1), World Bank [What is happening to the world’s forests right now?](http://www.globalforestwatch.org/) World Resources Institute

**Random Sample **[People in Bangkok and Sao Paulo smile more in selfies than people in Moscow](http://www.wired.com/design/2014/02/explore-world-selfies-new-data-visualization-tool/), Wired

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