---
title: "Data Feed: 192,000 new jobs,  veterans’ mental health, ‘bright flight’ from cities"
description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers."
date: "2014-04-04"
authors:
  - name: "George Gao"
    job_title: "Former "
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/04/data-feed-192000-new-jobs-veterans-mental-health-bright-flight-from-cities/"
---

# Data Feed: 192,000 new jobs,  veterans’ mental health, ‘bright flight’ from cities

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

**Economy** [192,000 new jobs in March; unemployment still at 6.7%](http://qz.com/195438/the-us-employment-report-is-due-at-830-a-m-edt-economists-expect-195000-jobs-were-added-in-march/), [BLS ](http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cps_charts.pdf)via Quartz [Methodology: Seasonally adjusting BLS employment numbers](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/03/jobs-preview-pay-less-attention-to-the-sausage-and-more-to-how-its-made/?wpisrc=nl_wonk), Washington Post [Actually, it's 189,000 new jobs, according to alternative seasonal adjustments](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/jobs/posts/2014/04/04-seasonally-adjusted-jobs-numbers), Brookings [Many microbusiness owners depend on second job](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168215/microbusiness-owners-depend-second-job.aspx), Gallup [How the rich and poor spend money today and 30 years ago](http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/how-the-rich-and-poor-spend-money-today-and-30-years-ago/360103/), The Atlantic [The high price of middle class membership](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2014/04/03/the-high-price-of-middle-class-membership/?wpisrc=nl_popns), Washington Post [Map: The most important exported good from every state](http://www.businessinsider.com/state-exports-2014-4), Business Insider [Using social media to measure labor market flows](http://www.nber.org/papers/w20010), NBER

**Health & Society** [U.S. doesn’t rank high in religious diversity](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/04/u-s-doesnt-rank-high-in-religious-diversity/), Fact Tank [Are veterans' mental health needs being met?](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/04/03/are-veterans-mental-health-needs-being-met/) Washington Post [Why Iraq War produced more PTSD than Afghanistan conflict](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/03/why-the-iraq-war-has-produced-more-ptsd-than-the-conflict-in-afghanistan/?wpisrc=nl_eve), Washington Post [More highly educated Americans are choosing cheaper metro areas over big cities](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579477383311534134), WSJ [Americans show low levels of concern on global warming](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168236/americans-show-low-levels-concern-global-warming.aspx), Gallup [5.4 million gained health insurance since 2013](http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2014/04/new-survey-results-show-significant-decline-in-uninsurance-rate-.html?cid=xtw_rwjf), Urban Institute/RWJ [The nation's report card: Measuring America's urban schools](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/education_report_card/), NCES [Dramatic increase in e-cigarette-related calls to poison centers](http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0403-e-cigarette-poison.html), CDC [Map: The end of extended jobless benefits](http://www.pewstates.org/research/data-visualizations/the-end-of-extended-jobless-benefits-in-your-state-85899543140), The Pew Charitable Trusts [Map: Adult populations receiving Social Security Disability Insurance](http://blog.metrotrends.org/2014/04/disability-benefit-rates-small-areas/), Urban Institute

**International** [Half of the most religiously diverse countries are in Asia-Pacific Region](https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2014/04/04/global-religious-diversity/), Pew Research Center** **[Visualizing 200 years of urban sprawl in Paris, Sao Paulo and L.A.](http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/visualizing-200-years-urban-expansion-paris-sao-paulo-la/8794/), The Atlantic Cities [New Zealand, Switzerland, Iceland rank highest on social progress](http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/system/resources/W1siZiIsIjIwMTQvMDQvMDIvMjAvNDAvMjYvNzYzL1NvY2lhbF9Qcm9ncmVzc19JbmRleF8yMDE0X1JlcG9ydF9lLnBkZiJdXQ/Social%20Progress%20Index%202014%20Report_e.pdf), Social Progress Index

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