VAR 000488a H1. US econ bttr/worse in last year stan MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1368 - 1368 Numeric H1. IF R SELECTED FOR STANDARD VERSION: Now thinking about the economy in the country as a whole, would you say that OVER THE PAST YEAR the nation's economy has gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Respondents were randomly selected to be administered H1 or H1.E 1. GOTTEN BETTER --> SKIP TO H1a 3. STAYED ABOUT THE SAME --> SKIP TO H2 5. GOTTEN WORSE --> SKIP TO H1b 8. DK --> SKIP TO H2 9. RF 0. NA; INAP, R selected for H1.E 0 1 3 5 8 9 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 899 369 380 147 11 1 ==============================