---
title: "Data Feed: Sanctions against Russia, visualizing the labor market, Congressional slackers"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-03-10"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/10/data-feed-sanctions-against-russia-visualizing-the-labor-market-congressional-slackers/"
---

# Data Feed: Sanctions against Russia, visualizing the labor market, Congressional slackers

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

**Politics** [59% approve of sanctions against Russia](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/03/10/cnn-poll-59-approve-of-sanctions-against-russia/), CNN/ORC International [50% in Iowa say Hillary Clinton should run for president](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140308/NEWS09/303090062), Des Moines Register [Keystone XL project is overwhelmingly favored](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/new-post-abc-news-poll-keystone-xl-project-overwhelmingly-favored-by-americans/2014/03/06/d74c58c6-a4a1-11e3-a5fa-55f0c77bf39c_story.html), [topline](http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1159a4Keystone.pdf), ABC News/Washington Post [How many days has Congress actually worked in 2014?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/03/10/how-many-days-has-congress-actually-worked-in-2014/) Washington Post [Texas could flip from red to blue in next few years](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/03/07/politics-counts-why-texas-could-flip-quickly-from-red-to-blue/?mod=WSJBlog), The Wall Street Journal[ ](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/09/1270976/-What-if-legislators-didn-t-have-to-draw-majority-minority-districts-Democrats-would-lose-big)

**Economy **[Americans' views on 'quality job' prospects still recovering](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167807/americans-views-quality-job-prospects-recovering.aspx), Gallup [Apartment share of new-home construction at four-decade high](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304020104579429280698777544?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Bull market turned 5 on Sunday](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/despite-obstacles-bull-market-turns-5), Associated Press [Interactive: Eight different ways to visualize the labor market](http://www.newyorkfed.org/labor-conditions/), New York Fed [U.S. market for illegal drugs tops $100 billion](http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RB9700/RB9770/RAND_RB9770.pdf), RAND Corporation

**Health & Society** [Uninsured rate continues to fall, now at 15.9%](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167798/uninsured-rate-continues-fall.aspx), Gallup [E-cigarettes don't discourage teens from smoking, may encourage it](http://app.jamanetwork.com/#page=issuesContainer), JAMA [Public transit use reaches highest level since 1956, advocates report](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/us/use-of-public-transit-in-us-reaches-highest-level-since-1956-advocates-report.html?hp), New York Times [Food-stamp use soared as economy tanked, but demographic shifts dampened effect](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/us-food-stamps.aspx), PRB[ ](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/4d0eda1a-2425-484a-9048-36b56f4e9c70.pdf)

**International **[Where working women have best, worst prospects of equal treatment](http://www.economist.com/news/business/21598669-bestand-worstplaces-be-working-woman-glass-ceiling-index), The Economist [Europeans view agricultural sector as important, but know little about it](http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_410_en.pdf), Eurobarometer [Europeans are using more renewable energy, now 14% of energy used](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/8-10032014-AP/EN/8-10032014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat

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