The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Last Year 1962-2016

  '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 '12 '16
Gotten Better 34
(439)		 ** 35
(449)		 34
(442)		 31
(281)		 36
(347)		 28
(696)		 34
(971)		 34
(778)		 32
(516)		 30
(423)		 43
(960)		 40
(871)		 42
(859)		 39
(760)		 30
(750)		 39
(686)		 46
(783)		 52
(661)		 33
(552)		 24
(357)		 43
(522)		 32
(736)		 46
(2697)		 28
(1185)
Stayed Same 47
(596)		 ** 39
(496)		 47
(613)		 34
(308)		 42
(405)		 31
(769)		 35
(985)		 29
(660)		 25
(405)		 32
(449)		 29
(634)		 33
(706)		 33
(664)		 29
(567)		 35
(867)		 33
(592)		 29
(500)		 27
(347)		 55
(918)		 50
(757)		 25
(300)		 18
(416)		 8
(477)		 47
(2000)
Gotten Worse 19
(244)		 ** 26
(326)		 20
(261)		 34
(304)		 23
(220)		 41
(1016)		 31
(872)		 36
(818)		 42
(672)		 38
(532)		 28
(622)		 27
(589)		 25
(502)		 32
(635)		 35
(857)		 28
(501)		 25
(423)		 21
(271)		 12
(204)		 26
(386)		 32
(381)		 50
(1154)		 46
(2678)		 25
(1067)
N 1279 0 1271 1316 893 972 2481 2828 2256 1593 1404 2216 2166 2025 1962 2474 1779 1706 1279 1674 1500 1203 2306 5852 4252

Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4E.3.

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Question Text:

1962-1998,2004: "We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days.
Would you say that (1962,1966-1974: you [and your family]; 1976 and later: you [and your family living here]) are better off or worse off financially than you were a year ago."
2000-2002: "We are interested in how people are getting along financially these days. Would you say that you (and your family [2000 FACE-TO-FACE ONLY: living here]) are better off, worse off, or just about the same financially as you were a year ago?"

Percent among demographic groups who responded:

Gotten Better
Stayed Same
Gotten Worse

Note:

2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.

In the 2012 face-to-face instrument, 'the same' was a volunteered response. In the 2012 Web instrument, 'the same' did not appear onscreen as an available category.

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