World Bank: Poverty levels in the developing world
2012 report based on 850 surveys from 130 countries, covering 1.23 million households and providing a statistical snapshot of some 90% of the population of the developing world.
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Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior
2012 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on wealth levels and unethical behavior.
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Risk of injury for bicycling on cycle tracks versus in the street
2010 study from the Harvard School of Public Health on the relative safety of on-street bicycle lanes and physically separated cycle tracks.
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U.S. incarceration and correctional population levels: U.S. Justice Department
2011 reports from the U.S. Department of Justice with census of imprisoned and paroled persons.
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Abortion incidence and access to services in the United States
2011 study from the Guttmacher Institute analyzes data from a survey of U.S. providers to give a snapshot of abortion rates in the United States and related trends.
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Analysis of the Information Behaviors, Goals and Intentions of Frequent Internet Users
2012 study from University of Maryland, University of Michigan and Duke University on Internet practices and preferences.
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Muslim-American terrorism in the decade since 9/11
2012 report from the University of North Carolina on the nature and number of U.S. terrorism incidents and convictions.
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The geological record of ocean acidification
2012 paper published in the journal Science on historic patterns in carbon dioxide and ocean acidification and the implications for the future.
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Sex trafficking: Trends, challenges and limitations of international law
2011 paper in Human Rights Review on international efforts to address the problem of human trafficking.
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Optimal Sampling of News Organizations’ Paid Content
2011 paper from the Columbia Business School on paywall strategies for news organizations’ online content.
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