---
title: "Data Feed: Obama vs. Putin, how spending changes with age, Ukraine’s demographic changes"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-02"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/02/data-feed-obama-vs-putin-how-spending-changes-with-age-ukraines-demographic-changes/"
---

# Data Feed: Obama vs. Putin, how spending changes with age, Ukraine’s demographic changes

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

**Politics** [American voters divided on whether Obama or Putin is a stronger leader](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2027), Quinnipiac [Map: The oldest and youngest congressional delegations](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/01/interactive-map-the-oldest-and-youngest-congressional-delegations/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), Washington Post [Can Democrats match Tea Party enthusiasm for midterms?](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/04/02/democrats-midterm-challenge-matching-tea-party-enthusiasm/) The Wall Street Journal [McAuliffe's 2013 win not a model for Democratic victory in midterms](http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rich-suburbs-cant-save-the-democrats-come-the-midterms/), FiveThirtyEight

**Economy** [Working women boost family economic mobility](http://www.pewstates.org/research/reports/womens-work-the-economic-mobility-of-women-across-a-generation-85899542933), The Pew Charitable Trusts [But if women's wages are rising, why are so many families getting poorer?](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/womens-wages-are-rising-why-are-so-many-families-getting-poorer/359991/) The Atlantic [Janet Yellen's labor market "dashboard"](http://www.bloomberg.com/infographics/2014-04-02/yellens-labor-market-dashboard.html), Bloomberg News [In strong U.S. IPO market, 64 companies raised $10.6 billion in Q1](http://www.renaissancecapital.com/ipohome/news/renaissance-capitals-1q-2014-us-ipo-quarterly-review-18657.html), Renaissance Capital [More house, less booze: How spending changes from ages 25 to 75](http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/04/01/297289442/more-house-less-booze-how-spending-changes-from-age-25-75), NPR [Overdraft fees at banks hit a high, despite curbs](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304157204579475573602576630?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTWhatsNewsCollection&mg=reno64-wsj), The Wall Street Journal [Net energy imports in 2013 lowest in more than 20 years](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15671), EIA [Interactive: Tracking the economies of 100 largest U.S. metro areas](http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/metromonitor#/M10420), Brookings [Interactive: Comparing car companies on number of recalls](http://time.com/45235/gm-recall-model-interactive/), Time

**Health & Society** [Why are northerners born earlier in the year than southerners?](http://www.businessinsider.com/northerners-are-born-earlier-than-southerners-2014-4) Business Insider [Sprawling cities face more car wrecks and higher obesity](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/02/sprawling-cities-face-more-car-wrecks-and-higher-obesity/), The Wall Street Journal [For several years now, Americans have been driving less](http://knowmore.washingtonpost.com/2014/04/01/the-end-of-automobile-culture-in-one-chart/), Washington Post [Which presidential libraries get the most visitors?](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-0?%3Ffsrc%3Dscn%2F=tw%2Fdc) The Economist

**International **[Ukraine's changing demography since independence in 1991](http://www.prb.org/Publications/Articles/2014/ukraine-population.aspx), PRB [Most Afghans lack confidence in elections](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168200/afghans-lack-confidence-elections.aspx), Gallup [Map: Where is Bitcoin legal?](http://money.cnn.com/2014/04/02/technology/bitcoin-laws/index.html?iid=HP_LN) CNN Money [Values stressed by parents affect attitudes about work, fertility](http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/04/01/values-stressed-by-parents-affect-attitudes-about-work-fertility-and-more/), WSJ

**Random Sample** [Here's how to really compare apples with oranges](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart), The Economist

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