--- title: "Data Feed: Cheating on taxes, consumer confidence, foreign languages in U.S. cities" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-02-25" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/02/25/data-feed-cheating-on-taxes-consumer-confidence-foreign-languages-in-u-s-cities/" --- # Data Feed: Cheating on taxes, consumer confidence, foreign languages in U.S. cities *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics **[NY voters split on Common Core, support moratorium](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/sri/SNY%20February%202014%20Poll%20Release%20--%20FINAL.pdf); [crosstabs](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/sri/SNY0214%20Crosstabs.pdf), Siena [Americans’ views of Romney little changed since 2012 election](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167549/americans-views-romney-little-changed-election.aspx), Gallup [Christie approval down 15 points since bridge scandal broke](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/0748385b-f5b6-4465-b612-280bbab38eef.pdf), Monmouth Univ. [Confidence in Congress, presidency has plummeted in past decade](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/02/25/confidence-in-congress-presidency-has-plummeted-in-past-decade/), Fox News **Economy** [Consumer confidence index declines moderately](http://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5107), The Conference Board [Home prices up 11.3% in 2013, but fell 0.3% in Q4](https://www.spice-indices.com/idpfiles/spice-assets/resources/public/documents/79678_cshomeprice-release-0225.pdf?force_download=true), S&P/Case-Shiller [Economists align on monetary policy but not fiscal issues](http://nabe.com/Policy_Survey_February_2014), NABE [The ups and downs of U.S. military spending](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116734/pentagons-chuck-hagel-proposes-army-budget-cuts?wpisrc=nl_wonk), The New Republic [U.S. net oil imports at lowest level since 2009](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15151), Energy Information Administration [Business leaders say knowledge trumps college pedigree](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167546/business-leaders-say-knowledge-trumps-college-pedigree.aspx), Gallup [State hiring credits have mixed record in spurring job growth](http://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2014/february/job-growth-state-hiring-credits-employment/), San Francisco Fed [Legalizing unauthorized immigrants would boost job market for natives](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19932), NBER [Volunteer rate declines to 25.4% in year ending September 2013](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm), BLS **Health & Society **[Landmark Hispanic health study may offer longevity clues](http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/02/24/health/ap-us-med-hispanic-health.html?hp&_r=2), Associated Press [12% of Americans say it’s OK to cheat on taxes](http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/25/pf/taxes/tax-cheat/index.html), [report](http://www.treasury.gov/irsob/reports/2014/IRSOB~TAS%202013.pdf), IRS via CNN Money [Tracking changing public opinion on Obamacare](https://mmicdata.rand.org/alp/index.php?page=hros#changes-in-opinion), RAND Corporation [Map: Foreign languages spoken in American cities](http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/02/25/the-foreign-languages-spoken-in-american-cities/), The Washington Post[ ](http://www.nationaljournal.com/pictures-video/the-rise-of-professional-women-20140225) **International **[U.S. lags behind developed world in temp worker protections](http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/temps-around-the-world), ProPublica** **[Venezuelans rated their lives worse ahead of protests](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167564/venezuelans-rated-lives-worse-ahead-protests.aspx), Gallup** **[Some countries excel at summer sports while slipping up on snow](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/02/daily-chart-14), The Economist [What drives remittances to developing countries?](http://blogs.worldbank.org/peoplemove/remittances-and-vulnerability-developing-countries-results-new-dataset?cid=EXT_TWBN_D_EXT) World Bank [Germany’s GDP up 1.4% at 2013’s year-end](https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices/Press/pr/2014/02/PE14_062_811.html;jsessionid=C01E19E3A5998DC54CD47E66F2E38A43.cae3), Destatis [Physical inactivity causes 6% of all deaths](http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs385/en/), World Health Organization [More people around the world have cell phones than ever had landlines](http://qz.com/179897/more-people-around-the-world-have-cell-phones-than-ever-had-land-lines/#/h/49632,1/), Quartz [The State of the International Order](http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2014/02/state%20of%20the%20international%20order/intlorder_report.pdf); [trend data for new report](http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Research/Files/Reports/2014/02/state%20of%20the%20international%20order/intlorder_tradedata_appendix.pdf), Brookings [Interactive map: The UK political battleground ahead of 2015 election](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25949029?%3Ffsrc%3Dscn%2F=tw%2Fdc), BBC News *Got new data to share? 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