--- title: "Data Feed: A decade of campaign ads, gender gaps on wages and jobs, outlook for global growth" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-04-08" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/08/data-feed-a-decade-of-campaign-ads-gender-gaps-on-wages-and-jobs-outlook-for-global-growth/" categories: - "Gender Pay Gap" - "U.S. Elections & Voters" --- # Data Feed: A decade of campaign ads, gender gaps on wages and jobs, outlook for global growth *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. * **Politics** [Politicians who abuse power less liked than those caught in an affair](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2029), Quinnipiac [Nearly half of NYC voters approve of job Mayor de Blasio is doing](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/sny_poll/NYT%20NY1%20Siena%20NYC%20April%20Poll%20Release%20--%20FINAL%202.pdf), [topline](http://www.siena.edu/uploadedfiles/home/parents_and_community/community_page/sri/sny_poll/NYC0414%20NYTCrosstabs%20040714.pdf), Siena [Majority in California approve of Obama's job performance](http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2462.pdf), The Field Poll [How women voted, from 1976 to 2012](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/democrats-make-push-appeal-women-2014-elections/#.U0P3QOSqSFg.twitter), PBS NewsHour [40 states improve election performance in 2012](http://www.pewstates.org/news-room/press-releases/pew-index-shows-40-states-improved-election-performance-in-2012-85899543004), [interactives](http://www.pewstates.org/uploadedFiles/Flash_Library/PCS/Interactives/ElectionsPerformanceIndex/template.html), The Pew Charitable Trusts [Interactive: A decade of campaign ads](http://mycmag.kantarmediana.com/misc/10YearsOfCampaignAds.html), Kantar Media Intelligence/CMAG **Economy **[Men lost jobs at higher rate in Great Recession than women did](http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/the-rise-in-women-share-of-nonfarm-employment-1.htm), BLS [Interactive: How does your county stack up on various tax indicators?](http://www.brookings.edu/about/centers/taxpolicy/tax-maps?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=BrookingsInst04071&utm_content=BrookingsInst04071) Brookings [How the 50 states rank in terms of paycheck equality by gender](http://www.forbes.com/pictures/ejdk45egdj/the-gender-pay-gap-state-by-state-2/?wpisrc=nl_wonk), Forbes [Half of new U.S. power-generation capacity in 2013 came from natural gas](http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=15751), EIA [At least 61 of 100 largest metros still below pre-recession job levels in 2013](http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/04/07-metropolitan-jobs-recovery-muro-friedhoff), Brookings [Credit-card and other revolving debt fell annualized 3.4% in February](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB20001424052702304819004579487892954601528?mg=reno64-wsj), WSJ **Health & Society** [Share of stay-at-home moms on rise again](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/), Pew Research Center [94% of Americans say having a college degree is very important](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168386/americans-say-college-degree-leads-better-life.aspx), Gallup [Residents of Olympia, Washington, have easiest access to produce](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168368/anchorage-access-fruits-vegetables-remains-lowest.aspx), Gallup [More younger teachers staying in the profession](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303847804579482003921019992), The Wall Street Journal [Fewer adults are smoking cigarettes, more meeting physical activity 'targets,'](http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/LHI/LHI-ProgressReport-ExecSum.pdf) HHS [Students don't always get high ROI at for-profit colleges](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/education/when-going-to-a-for-profit-college-might-make-sense-20140407), National Journal [Nearly 4 million seriously mentally ill still without insurance](http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/nearly-4-million-seriously-mentally-ill-still-without-insurance-85899543281), The Pew Charitable Trusts [On Equal Pay Day, gender gap in White House staff's wages scrutinized](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/politics/as-obama-spotlights-gender-gap-in-wages-his-own-payroll-draws-scrutiny.html?hpw&rref=politics), NYT [1.1 million Americans living with HIV, 16% of them unknowingly](http://kff.org/hivaids/fact-sheet/the-hivaids-epidemic-in-the-united-states/), KFF [America's biggest cities lose people to smaller urban areas](http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-04-08/austin-or-bust-americas-biggest-cities-lose-people-to-the-urban-b-list), Bloomberg **International **[East Asian economies expected to grow at stable pace in 2014](http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/region/eap-update-april-2014-full-report.pdf), World Bank [Sub-Saharan Africa's economies continue to rise](http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2014/04/07/africas-growth-set-to-reach-52-percent-in-2014-with-strong-investment-growth-and-household-spending), World Bank [Leading indicators point to weakening growth in emerging economies](http://www.oecd.org/std/leading-indicators/composite-leading-indicators-cli-oecd-april-2014.htm), OECD [Rich nations bolster global growth, IMF says](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/business/rich-nations-bolster-global-growth-imf-says.html?hpw&rref=business), New York Times [Most of world's estimated 570 million farms are small, family farms](http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3729e/i3729e.pdf), FAO [Aid to developing countries rose 6.1% in 2013, reaches all-time high](http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/aid-to-developing-countries-rebounds-in-2013-to-reach-an-all-time-high.htm), OECD *Got new data to share? Send it to us via email *[*facttank@pewresearch.org*](mailto:facttank@pewresearch.org)* or Tweet us *[*@FactTank*](http://www.twitter.com/facttank)*.*