VAR 000488b H1.E. US econ bttr/worse in last year ex MD1: EQ 0, MD2: GE 8 COLUMNS: 1369 - 1369 Numeric H1.E. IF R SELECTED FOR EXPERIMENTAL 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 worse, stayed about the same, or gotten better? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Respondents were randomly selected to be administered H1 or H1.E 1. GOTTEN WORSE. --> SKIP TO H1b 3. STAYED ABOUT THE SAME --> SKIP TO H2 5. GOTTEN BETTER --> SKIP TO H1a 8. DK --> SKIP TO H2 9. RF 0. NA; INAP, R selected for H1. 0 1 3 5 8 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Count 908 155 405 331 8 ==============================