--- title: "Data Feed: Housing market shifts, Latin American economic outlook, who likes their state best" description: "A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers." date: "2014-04-25" authors: - name: "George Gao" job_title: "Former " link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/george-gao/" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/25/data-feed-housing-market-shifts-latin-american-economic-outlook-who-likes-their-state-best/" --- # Data Feed: Housing market shifts, Latin American economic outlook, who likes their state best *A daily roundup of fresh data from scholars, governments, think tanks, pollsters and other social science researchers.* **Politics **[Even in 2012, young voters still underrepresented at polls](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/24/millennials-are-undercutting-their-own-influence-on-social-policy/?wpisrc=nl_wnkpm), Washington Post [53% of Va. voters oppose Medicaid expansion](http://cnu.edu/cpp/pdf/april_2014_medicaid_budget.pdf), Christopher Newport U. **Economy ** [Consumer sentiment up in April to nine-month high](http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/25/us-usa-economy-idUSBREA3O1C120140425), University of Michigan/Reuters [Demand for home loans plunges](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304788404579522051733228402), The Wall Street Journal [Price of new homes is surging, in part because houses are getting bigger](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/24/the-price-of-new-homes-is-surging-in-part-because-houses-are-getting-bigger/), Washington Post [Optimism for rising U.S. home value is highest since 2007](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168635/optimism-rising-home-values-highest-2007.aspx), Gallup [Why the housing market is still stalling the economy](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/27/upshot/the-housing-market-is-still-holding-back-the-economy-heres-why.html?wpisrc=nl_wonk&_r=0), The Upshot/NYT [Fewer Americans carrying a balance on their credit cards](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168668/americans-rely-less-credit-cards-previous-years.aspx), Gallup [Debit, credit cards much more popular than checks for noncash payments](http://www.frbatlanta.org/documents/pubs/econsouth/14q1_payment_study.pdf), Atlanta Fed [New data on GDP and value-add by industry for 2013](http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/gdpindnewsrelease.htm), Bureau of Economic Analysis [For women in tech, pay gap is unusually small](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/upshot/flexibility-is-the-reason-for-a-smaller-pay-gap-in-tech-work.html?rref=upshot), The Upshot/NYT **Health & Society** [Digital ad sales grow, but news outlets get smaller share](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2014/04/25/as-digital-ad-sales-grow-news-outlets-get-a-smaller-share/), Fact Tank/Pew Research Center [Chartbook: Southerners are more likely than those in other regions to be uninsured](http://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8578-health-coverage-and-care-in-the-south-a-chartbook.pdf), KFF [Montanans, Alaskans most likely to put their states among best places to live](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168653/montanans-alaskans-say-states-among-top-places-live.aspx), Gallup [How Michigan's ban on affirmative action affected enrollment](http://chronicle.com/blogs/data/2014/04/23/how-has-mich-s-ban-on-affirmative-action-affected-minority-enrollment/), Chronicle of Higher Ed. [Interactive: How do colleges fare on access, affordability and success?](http://www.aei.org/article/education/higher-education/interactive-access-affordability-and-success-how-do-americas-colleges-fare/) AEI [The slow death of the death penalty in America](http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/04/daily-chart-16), The Economist [43% of 'fatal falls' in last decade involved a ladder](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6316a2.htm?s_cid=mm6316a2_w), CDC [U.S. imported more firearms in 2013 than any year in past two decades](http://www.atf.gov/sites/default/files/assets/statistics/CommerceReport/firearms_commerce_annual_statistical_report_2014.pdf), ATF **International **[Growth in Latin America/Caribbean projected to remain subdued at 2.5%...](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2014/whd/eng/wreo0414.htm) IMF [...and may be even slower as global tailwinds become headwinds](https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18029/RockingTheBoat.pdf?sequence=4), World Bank [Index: Finland, Singapore, Sweden most networked for big data](http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalInformationTechnology_Report_2014.pdf), World Economic Forum [Everest isn't the deadliest mountain in the Himalayas](http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/himalayan-death-tolls/2014/04/24/6eafed0e-cbee-11e3-93eb-6c0037dde2ad_graphic.html), Washington Post *Got new data to share? 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