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title: "Data Feed: New high in Obamacare support, household income rises, population falls in small town America"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-01"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/01/data-feed-new-high-in-obamacare-support-household-income-rises-population-falls-in-small-town-america/"
---

# Data Feed: New high in Obamacare support, household income rises, population falls in small town America

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

**Politics** [At 49%, Obamacare support hits a new high](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/at-49-percent-support-obamacare-hits-a-high/), [topline](http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a36TheACAattheDeadline.pdf), ABC News/Washington Post [Politics are biggest factor in views of healthcare law](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168170/politics-biggest-factor-views-healthcare-law.aspx), Gallup [DNC has racked up large debt and lags RNC in fundraising](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304157204579473842083414758?mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [A gaffe can matter when it motivates the base](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-gaffe-can-matter-when-it-motivates-the-base/), FiveThirtyEight

**Economy **[Investors young and old are risk-averse when it comes to retirement savings](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168197/investors-risk-averse-comes-retirement-savings.aspx), Gallup [Interactive: State employment changes by industry](http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140331.htm), Bureau of Labor Statistics [Retail sales, cashiers are occupations with largest employment](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf), BLS [Employment continued its road to recovery in 2013](http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/nonfarm-employment-continued-its-road-to-recovery-in-2013.htm), BLS [Funding gap continues to grow in state pension plans](http://www.pewstates.org/research/fact-sheets/the-fiscal-health-of-state-pension-plans-funding-gap-continues-to-grow-85899542910), The Pew Charitable Trusts [Median household income rose 1.2% in February](http://www.sentierresearch.com/pressreleases/Sentier_Household_Income_Trends_Press_Release_February2014_03_31_14.pdf), Sentier Research

**Health & Society** [Missouri is no longer the nation's meth-bust capital](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/31/indiana-now-leads-the-nation-on-meth-busts/), Washington Post [Chart: Jobs with the highest obesity rates](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/03/the-jobs-with-the-highest-obesity-rates/359849/), The Atlantic [Chart: How married couples reported meeting each other](http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/heres-how-he-probably-met-her-mother/), FiveThirtyEight [Interactive: Motorcycle deaths and helmet laws](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/31/science/motorcycle-helmet-laws.html?_r=0), New York Times ['Popular' teens are at higher risk for gossip, harassment, physical abuse](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/01/bullying-school-popularity-competition/7022965/), USA TODAY [A population slowdown for small town America](http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2014/03/31-population-slowdown-small-town-america-frey), Census via Brookings [Cisco predicts U.S. will maintain lead in mobile broadband usage](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2014/03/31-cisco-mobile-forecast-growth-bleiberg), Brookings [Statistical portrait of Native Americans](http://www.urban.org/publications/413083.html), Urban Institute [Differences among men and women in financial knowledge](http://www.urban.org/publications/413077.html), Urban Institute

**International **[UK health disparities by wealth, race and geography](http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ghs/opinions-and-lifestyle-survey/adult-health-in-great-britain--2012/stb-health-2012.html), Office for National Statistics [Euro area unemployment at 11.9%](http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-01042014-AP/EN/3-01042014-AP-EN.PDF), Eurostat [Singapore, S. Korea pupils scored best on creative problem-solving tests](http://www.oecd.org/education/singapore-and-korea-top-first-oecd-pisa-problem-solving-test.htm), OECD [OECD annual inflation slows to 1.4%](http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/consumer-prices-oecd-updated-1-april-2014.htm), OECD [67% of people who fly out of America arrive at a better airport](http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21599801-new-ranking), The Economist

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