Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Next Year 1956 -2016
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| '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get Better | 44 (718) |
43 (750) |
40 (717) |
38 (433) |
46 (686) |
35 (390) |
34 (392) |
31 (247) |
37 (324) |
22 (490) |
34 (871) |
24 (520) |
30 (428) |
27 (349) |
38 (802) |
40 (412) |
38 (740) |
28 (544) |
34 (815) |
33 (584) |
38 (634) |
41 (521) |
39 (633) |
** | 39 (457) |
** | 37 (808) |
** | 37 (2143) |
** | 36 (1512) |
| Stay Same | 46 (755) |
44 (777) |
50 (882) |
56 (643) |
45 (669) |
53 (585) |
56 (640) |
51 (406) |
53 (471) |
45 (1011) |
53 (1368) |
47 (1011) |
49 (699) |
55 (717) |
53 (1106) |
49 (508) |
53 (1039) |
54 (1048) |
56 (1346) |
59 (1038) |
55 (923) |
52 (661) |
55 (908) |
** | 52 (607) |
** | 49 (1082) |
** | 51 (2959) |
** | 50 (2102) |
| Get Worse | 10 (156) |
13 (227) |
10 (173) |
6 (67) |
9 (137) |
12 (132) |
10 (119) |
18 (139) |
10 (86) |
33 (724) |
13 (331) |
28 (600) |
22 (310) |
18 (241) |
9 (186) |
12 (120) |
9 (173) |
17 (336) |
10 (240) |
7 (131) |
8 (132) |
6 (78) |
6 (98) |
** | 8 (95) |
** | 15 (321) |
** | 12 (673) |
** | 14 (606) |
| N | 1629 | 1754 | 1772 | 1143 | 1492 | 1107 | 1151 | 792 | 881 | 2225 | 2570 | 2131 | 1437 | 1307 | 2094 | 1040 | 1952 | 1928 | 2401 | 1753 | 1689 | 1260 | 1639 | 0 | 1159 | 0 | 2211 | 0 | 5775 | 0 | 4220 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4E.4.
Source: VCF0881 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0010z
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Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
1956-1960,1964: "Now looking ahead and thinking about the next few years, do you expect your financial situation will stay about the way it is now, get better, or get worse?"
1962,1966 and later: "Now looking ahead--do you think that a year from now (1962,1966-1970: you people; 1972 AND LATER: you [and your family]; 1976 AND LATER EXC. 2000 TELEPHONE: [living here]) will be better off financially or worse off, or just about the same as now?"
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.