---
title: "Data Feed: Federal drug prosecutions, American coal exports, social trust, partisan media effects"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-03-20"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/03/20/data-feed-federal-drug-prosecutions-american-coal-exports-social-trust-partisan-media-effects/"
---

# Data Feed: Federal drug prosecutions, American coal exports, social trust, partisan media effects

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

**Politics **[NYC voters back Cuomo's no-tax pre-K plan over de Blasio's](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-york-city/release-detail?ReleaseID=2022), Quinnipiac [New evidence for partisan media effects](http://poq.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/02/27/poq.nft082.abstract.html?papetoc), Public Opinion Quarterly

**Economy** [U.K., Netherlands are top importers of U.S. coal...](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303563304579447582374789164?mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [...as more U.S. coal-fired power plants are scheduled to shut down](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15491), EIA [Which occupations have the oldest, youngest workers?](http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-old-and-young-at-work.html) BLS via DemoMemo [VCs not giving most tech startups big valuations out of the gate](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304026304579449610075523336?mod=ITP_marketplace_2&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Real spending on travel and tourism accelerated in 4Q 2013](http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/tournewsrelease.htm), Bureau of Economic Analysis [28% say now is a good time to find a quality job -- highest in 6+ years](http://www.gallup.com/poll/167990/say-good-time-find-quality-job.aspx), Gallup[ ](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/20/investing/china-currency-yuan/index.html?iid=HP_LN)

**Health & Society** [Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in over 13 years](http://trac.syr.edu/whatsnew/email.140318.html), TRAC Syracuse [Adolescent inhalant use fell 21% in 2012](http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/1403181853.aspx), SAMHSA [Social trust associated with intelligence, health & happiness](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0091786), PLOS [Immigrant youth in Georgia lagging academically](http://migrationpolicy.org/research/education-reform-changing-georgia-promoting-high-school-and-college-success-immigrant-youth), Migration Policy Institute [Growth and diversification of immigrants at city, neighborhood levels](http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413062-immigration-and-the-changing-landscape.pdf), Urban Institute [Education, finances affect risk of heart disease more for women than men](http://home.isr.umich.edu/releases/education-finances-affect-risk-of-heart-disease-more-for-women-than-men/), U. Mich. [Panel: Mental health issues persist from N.J. victims of Sandy](http://www.monmouth.edu/assets/0/32212254770/32212254991/32212254992/32212254994/32212254995/30064771087/414676ee-2ecb-4eb5-a3ce-e9cd0b18bf0c.pdf), Monmouth U. [Women might work less than men, but they also have less free time](http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/03/20/women-might-work-less-than-men-but-they-also-have-less-free-time/), Washington Post

**International** [Western banks lend billions to Russian businesses](http://money.cnn.com/2014/03/20/news/economy/russia-west-banks/index.html), CNN Money [Fertility rates falling in many developing countries](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579265520447488200?KEYWORDS=Thailand%20fertility&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Less access to labor leads to lower productivity for Africa's female farmers](http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/03/14/000333037_20140314131214/Rendered/PDF/860390WP0WB0ON0osure0date0March0180.pdf), World Bank

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