Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Next Year 1980 -2016
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| '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Better | 30 (422) |
39 (509) |
29 (587) |
21 (435) |
23 (437) |
11 (209) |
32 (748) |
29 (496) |
25 (425) |
24 (295) |
23 (406) |
** | 37 (426) |
** | 28 (325) |
** | 42 (2405) |
** | 25 (1062) |
| Stay About the Same | 40 (563) |
40 (526) |
51 (1040) |
56 (1136) |
55 (1031) |
31 (580) |
49 (1158) |
55 (951) |
62 (1039) |
57 (711) |
58 (1017) |
** | 46 (535) |
** | 41 (478) |
** | 43 (2469) |
** | 53 (2221) |
| Get Worse | 31 (439) |
21 (278) |
20 (413) |
23 (474) |
22 (415) |
58 (1106) |
19 (442) |
17 (286) |
13 (221) |
19 (235) |
18 (318) |
** | 17 (199) |
** | 31 (361) |
** | 15 (865) |
** | 22 (909) |
| N | 1424 | 1313 | 2040 | 2045 | 1883 | 1895 | 2348 | 1733 | 1685 | 1241 | 1741 | 0 | 1160 | 0 | 1164 | 0 | 5739 | 0 | 4192 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4E.2.
Source: VCF0872 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
"What about the next 12 months (1980,1982: or so)?"
ALL YEARS EXC. 2000:
"Do you expect the (1986,1988,1992: national) economy to get better, get worse, or stay about the same?"
2000 STANDARD VERSION:
"Do you expect the economy, in the country as a whole, to get better, stay about the same, or get worse?"
2000 EXPERIMENTAL VERSON:
"Do you expect the economy, in the country as a whole, to get worse, stay about the same, or get better?"
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.