--- title: "Data Feed: Global climate change, European and U.S. labor markets, losing teeth in old age" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-03-14" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/14/data-feed-global-climate-change-european-and-u-s-labor-markets-losing-teeth-in-old-age/" --- # Data Feed: Global climate change, European and U.S. labor markets, losing teeth in old age *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics **[Few Americans want life made more difficult for gays](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-14/few-americans-want-life-made-more-difficult-for-gays.html?alcmpid=politics), Bloomberg [Obamacare foes run nearly half of early ads for Congress](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-14/obamacare-foes-run-nearly-half-of-early-ads-for-congress.html?alcmpid=politics), Bloomberg [Most in U.S. don't see global warming as a serious threat](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167879/not-global-warming-serious-threat.aspx), Gallup [Support for same-sex marriage is increasing faster than ever before](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/14/support-for-same-sex-marriage-is-increasing-faster-than-ever-before/), Washington Post [Voters’ perceptions of Hillary Clinton much better than in 2008](http://cookpolitical.com/story/6896), Cook Political Report **Economy **[Latest consumer confidence sentiment](http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/), U. Mich./Reuters [Long-term unemployment high despite decline in past few years](http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45182), CBO [Plummeting employment prospects for teens/young adults in largest metros](http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/2014/labor-market-metro-areas-teens-young-adults), Brookings [Labor market slack: A guide for the perplexed](http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/labor-market-slack-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Business%20Day&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body), New York Times [U.S. investors' optimism ticks up](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167903/investors-optimism-ticks.aspx), Gallup/Wells Fargo [Number of U.S. millionaires hits new high](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/14/news/economy/us-millionaires-households/index.html?iid=Lead), CNN Money [Which cities' residents profited most from stock, housing recoveries?](http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2014/03/13/the-u-s-cities-that-have-profited-the-most-in-the-stock-market-and-housing-boom/) Forbes [Median-age Americans have experienced less inflation than any FOMC member](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/03/13/the-feds-age-of-inflation/?mod=WSJBlog), WSJ **Health & Society** [Smoking rate lowest in Utah, highest in Kentucky](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167771/smoking-rate-lowest-utah-highest-kentucky.aspx), Gallup [Infographic: The way people die varies dramatically by race](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/health/death-in-black-white-etc-20140313), CDC via National Journal [More young people in California don't have driver's licenses](http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-caltrans-study-20140314,0,4819684.story#axzz2vqnFx7RF), Los Angeles Times [America's 1,000 richest neighborhoods](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/housing/2014/03/americas-1000-richest-neighborhoods/8610/), The Atlantic Cities [Where each city's uninsured live](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/03/where-each-citys-uninsured-live/8631/), The Atlantic Cities [Millennials spend up to 18 hours a day using media](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/13/data-point-how-many-hours-do-millennials-eat-up-a-day/?mod=ST1), The Wall Street Journal [Some 83 aircraft have been declared missing since 1948](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-03-13/vanishing-planes-mapped-since-1948.html), Bloomberg [Most don't have tattoos, but more are getting them, and getting more](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/14/fox-news-poll-tattoos-arent-just-for-rebels-anymore/), [topline](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/interactive/2014/03/14/fox-news-poll-tattoos-arent-just-for-rebels-anymore/), Fox News [23% of Americans ages 65 and older have lost all their teeth](http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-toothless-elderly.html), DemoMemo [Cocaine consumption declines by half, while marijuana use jumps](http://www.rand.org/news/press/2014/03/10.html), RAND Corporation **International** [16% of natural gas used in Europe flows through Ukraine](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15411), EIA [4Q employment up 0.1% in euro area from 3Q, but down 0.5% from year prior](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/2-14032014-AP/EN/2-14032014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Unemployment rate trends mixed across European countries](http://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5121), The Conference Board **Random Sample** [Who's more famous than Jesus?](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/magazine/whos-more-famous-than-jesus.html?hpw&rref=magazine) MIT via New York Times *Got new data to share? 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