--- title: "Data Feed: Rising state tax revenue, falling metro-area unemployment, what college students are really like" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-04-09" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/09/data-feed-rising-state-tax-revenue-falling-metro-area-unemployment-what-college-students-are-really-like/" --- # Data Feed: Rising state tax revenue, falling metro-area unemployment, what college students are really like *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers. * **Politics **[Christie job approval continues to drop among N.J. voters](http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/new-jersey/release-detail?ReleaseID=2030), Quinnipiac [... and most see 'Bridgegate' scandal as a serious issue for him](http://eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/polls/release_04-08-14.pdf), Rutgers-Eagleton [Gov. Brown's approval among California voters at new high (59%)](http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2463.pdf), The Field Poll [Non-representative Xbox poll generated accurate election forecast](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/04/09/tracking-public-opinion-with-biased-polls/), Monkey Cage [Those who say ACA isn't liberal enough may not mean what you think](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/08/obamacare-not-liberal-enough_n_5106981.html?1396985846&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067), HuffPost/YouGov **** **Economy **[States see rise in tax revenue for third year in a row](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-62.html), Census Bureau [Year-over-year unemployment down in 338 of 372 metro areas](http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf), BLS [Tri-state region (NY/NJ/CT) most likely to say state taxes are too high](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168419/new-york-tri-state-region-gripes-state-taxes.aspx), Gallup [Drop in entrepreneurship in 2013 points to recovering job market](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/americans-started-fewer-businesses-last-year-heres-why-that-bodes-well-for-the-economy/2014/04/08/d9fcac74-bf54-11e3-b574-f8748871856a_story.html?wpisrc=nl_headlines), Washington Post [Chart: The gender pay gap by state and profession](http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/the-wage-gap/932/), Washington Post [Teen (16-19) employment rate fell from 45% in 2000 to 26% in 2011](http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-economy/big-questions/help-not-wanted-american-teenagers-are-out-of-work-20140409), National Journal [Salvadoran migrants saved more when they had greater control of finances](http://www.nber.org/papers/w20024), NBER **Health & Society** [Net 9.3 million gained health insurance from Sept. 2013 to mid-March 2014](http://www.rand.org/blog/2014/04/survey-estimates-net-gain-of-9-3-million-american-adults.html), RAND Corp. [Sliver of Medicare doctors get big share of payouts](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/business/sliver-of-medicare-doctors-get-big-share-of-payouts.html?hp), [interactive](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/09/health/medicare-doctor-database.html), New York Times [19.8% under 65 are in families with problems paying medical bills in first half of 2013](http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/probs_paying_medical_bills_january_2011_june_2013.pdf), CDC [Birth rates among teens ages 15 to 17 dropped 63% from 1991 to 2012](http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0408-teen-births.html), CDC [Just 29% of college students are just out of high school, living on campus and full-time](http://www.vox.com/2014/4/4/5579150/youre-imagining-the-typical-college-student-wrong), Vox [Americans' trust in online higher ed rising](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168416/americans-trust-online-higher-education-rising.aspx), Gallup [Elite colleges turn away up to 95%](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/us/led-by-stanfords-5-top-colleges-acceptance-rates-hit-new-lows.html?hp), New York Times [Tracking education and earnings inequality among U.S.-born men](http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413092-Educational-Attainment-and-Earnings-Inequality-among-US-Born-Men.pdf), Urban Institute [Majority of Americans think race relations are generally good](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-majority-of-americans-think-race-relations-are-generally-good/), CBS News [U.S. whites get more conservative when told they'll soon be minority](http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/04/02/0956797614527113.abstract), Psychological Science [Catholic clergy, lay leaders divided on revised missal](http://www.praytellblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/CARA-Missal-Study-April-2014.pdf), CARA/Georgetown U. [Social and economic characteristics of nation's 55,000 centenarians](http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/aging_population/cb14-64.html), Census Bureau **International **[In Africa, parents' education largely determines children's schooling level](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168401/africa-parents-key-education.aspx), Gallup [OECD unemployment rate increased 0.1 points to 7.6% in February](http://www.oecd.org/std/labour-stats/harmonised-unemployment-rates-hurs-oecd-updated-april-2014htm.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)*.*