---
title: "Data Feed: Live TV declines as video source, return of the ARM, why Ukraine isn’t fighting Russia"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-03-17"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/17/data-feed-live-tv-declines-as-video-source-return-of-the-arm-why-ukraine-isnt-fighting-russia/"
---

# Data Feed: Live TV declines as video source, return of the ARM, why Ukraine isn’t fighting Russia

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

**Politics **[Paul, Ryan, Clinton top poll of potential 2016 candidates](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/03/17/rel4e.pdf), CNN/ORC [Less than half of voters say live TV is their main way to watch video](http://www.slideshare.net/Targeted_Victory/off-the-grid-national-survey), Public Opinion Strategies/Global Strategy Group [Iowa voters support medical marijuana by almost 5-t0-1](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/iowa/release-detail?ReleaseID=2020), Quinnipiac U. [Wyoming leads in electing women to House over past quarter-century](http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2014/03/gender_equality_in_the_us_hous.php), U. of Minnesota

**Economy **[Adjustable-rate mortgages make a comeback](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303546204579439171591130740?mod=ITP_pageone_0&mg=reno64-wsj), Wall Street Journal [Fewer small business loans going to black borrowers](https://twitter.com/WSJGraphics/status/445293169857789952/photo/1), Wall Street Journal [U.S. economic policy uncertainty index lowest since 2007](http://www.policyuncertainty.com/index.html), Economic Policy Uncertainty

**Health & Society** [Two-thirds of Americans satisfied with how healthcare system works for them](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167951/satisfied-health-system-works.aspx?ref=image), Gallup [Obamacare shakes up insurance-market competition in seven states](http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-brief/sizing-up-exchange-market-competition/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_content=4346166), KFF [More colon testing leads to 30% drop in cancer rates](http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/news/report-more-colon-testing-leads-to-30-percent-drop-in-cancer-rates), American Cancer Society [Children who watch more TV get less sleep](http://app.jamanetwork.com/#page=issuesContainer), JAMA [And having a bedroom TV is associated with children's weight gain](http://app.jamanetwork.com/#page=issuesContainer), JAMA

**International** [Why Ukraine can't fight Russia, and other charts that explain the world](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/statistics-that-explained-the-world-this-week-104633.html?hp=pm_1#.UycOQPldXAl), Politico [Graphic on economic ties between Central/Eastern Europe, Russia](https://twitter.com/WSJGraphics/status/445298395562127360/photo/1), WSJ [Stronger property rights for Indian women linked to more suicides, domestic abuse](http://www.nber.org/papers/w19978), NBER [New data on 2013 international arms transfers](http://www.sipri.org/media/pressreleases/2014/AT_march_2014), SIPRI Leading economic indicators [rise for Spain](https://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5126), [fall for Brazil](https://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=5127), The Conference Board

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